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river. They were very anxious to procure tobacco, 
which is singular, as it grows abundantly in the Iddah 
plantations, though apparently so scarce here. In 
the long grass, on one of the slopes, some double- 
spurred francolins fChcetopus Adansonii) were seen, as 
also some Guinea fowl. In the neighbouring thickets, 
we procured the African ox-pecker fBuph^ga Afri- 
canaj ] plumage smoky- brown and rufous. The rose- 
winged parrakeet CPalceornis torquatusj^ of graceful 
form ; plumage, very rich green, tail blue, a rose-coloured 
ring round the neck. The grey-headed parrakeet 
fPsittacus SenegalensisJ ; prevailing plumage green 
and grey, with orange beneath ; the crimson nut-cracker, 
in its rich brown and crimson ; the Senegal lark-heel, 
the golden oriole, the grenadier weaver, the chesnut- 
crowned sandfinch f Agrophilus super ciliosusj, the 
yellow-bodied weaver. In the vicinity of the overflowed 
bank, were various prettily marked halcyons ; the 
Senegal grey-headed king-hunter ; the little rufous 
checked king-hunter; the black-throated wagtail fMota- 
cilia gularisJi the double-collared king-fisher; and the 
black-bellied weaver fEuplectes melanogasterj, in its 
rich velvet black, brown and yellow. 
Snakes were numerous in the dry grass ; one very large 
black one put several of our Krumen to flight. These 
noxious reptiles are said to be very common all over 
this part of the country. They are much protected by 
the natives, who look on them as ‘ Ju-ju/ or sacred. The 
