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feathers round the occiput. Irides crimson. Localities, 
Tana, Sabaki, etc. 
Sand-Grouse 
1. Bridled Sand-Grouse— Pterocles decoratus. Small. Black below. 
2. Chestnut-throated Sand-Grouse— P. gutturalis. The largest 
of the three. Lower parts deep chestnut. 
3. Pintoiled Sand-Grouse— Pteroclurus exustus. Has long pin¬ 
tail. Abundant. Lower parts nearly white. 
All three kinds can be seen daily by the rivers 
coining down to drink half-an-hour after dawn. With 
their swift flight they afford the smartest of shooting both 
then and again towards dusk. 
[Note. —In the Transvaal I found eggs of the Double- 
banded Sand-Grouse (P. bicinctus ) on July 1—the seasonal 
equivalent of our New Year’s Day—which shows how “ mixed” 
is the African breeding-season. The incident was impressed on 
memory because, while carrying the eggs in my shirt-front (we 
wear no coats thereaway), I walked right into a big waterbuck 
bull fast asleep under a bush, and was unable to handle the 
rifle by reason of those blessed oological treasures! We found 
other nests, each with three eggs, on 20th and 26th of July; but 
meanwhile, on the 19th, had caught a newly-fledged young bird 
already able to fly. Its irides were brown.] 
Pigeons 
Olive, or Spotted Wood-Pigeon— Cohcmba arquatrix. A dark- 
coloured Wood-Pigeon, size of a cushat, partially spotted; 
bill and legs bright yellow. A bird of dense forest, such 
as the Mau, and Kikuyu Forest, near Nairobi. 
Triangular-spotted Pigeon— C. guinea. A Wood-pigeon, maroon- 
coloured on neck, shoulders, and breast: rump light grey. 
A bird of open woods, such as those of Naivasha, etc. Settles 
on ground like a cushat. 
Green Pigeons—Three species as under, all frequenting thin 
open forest or bush-country— 
Vinago nudirostris. Common. 
„ wahefieldi. 
„ delalandei. 
