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BIRDS IN UGANDA FORESTS 
for these purposes it is calculated that the Society should 
have an income of at least £1 80 a year. 
If each member would secure one new member during 
the current year and write himself, or induce a friend to send 
in an article or interesting ‘ note ’ for the Journal, the Society 
would be on a sound basis, and the present continual anxiety 
of the Editors as to where the necessary manuscript for the 
next Journal is coming from would be avoided. 
In conclusion, the Committee thank all members who have 
helped during the past year by contributing articles to the 
Journal or introduction of new members, to the measure of 
success the Society has attained. 
John Sergeant, 
Honorary Secretary. 
Nairobi, March 1911. 
BIRDS IN UGANDA FORESTS 
By L. M. Seth-Smith 
I think I may say that African forests appeal to everyone 
— the lovely cool shade, the silence, the vast height of the 
trees — but more especially do they appeal to naturalists, as 
they contain an infinite variety of every kind of living creature, 
many of which, I believe, still remain to be discovered ; but 
more important still, the habits of nearly all are practically 
unknown. 
I do not wish to insinuate that the habits of creatures 
whose habitat is in the more open country are well known, 
but observations are much more difficult in forests and, 
hence, far less is known. 
It is most extraordinary how one is able to walk through a 
forest without seeing or hearing a bird, except, of course, some 
of the larger species, such as glossy starlings, parrots, hornbills, 
&c., and possibly catching a glimpse of some bird as it flies 
across one’s path like a flash and disappears into the under- 
growth. Only a few days ago I was walking with a friend 
