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Bare Birds from Kenya



RARE BIRDS FROM KENYA



Mr. C. S. Webb returned borne on 25th May from a successful

collecting expedition in the region of the Aberdare Mountains, north

of Naivasha, Kenya. As might have been expected from a district

where the collection of live birds has rarely if ever before been

attempted, almost everything brought home was new to aviculture. All

arrived in good condition, the majority being perfect, as is usual with

Mr. Webb’s birds, so carefully does he study their caging and attention

from the day of capture. The natives, Mr. Webb tells me, take no

interest in the birds and have no idea as to how to capture them, so

that Mr. Webb had to do his catching himself.


Here is a list of those of Mr. Webb’s collection which appear to

be new to aviculture —■


Hartlaub’s Touraco ( Turacus hartlaubi).


Pink-breasted Dove ( Streptopelia lugens).


Jackson’s Francolin (Francolinus jacksoni).


Black-winged Plover ( Stejphanibyx melanopterus).


Masai Red-headed Parrot ( Poicephalus gulielmi massaicus).

White-headed Wood-Hoopoes (Phoeniculus bollei jacksoni).


White-eyed Flycatchers (Dioptrornis fischeri).


White-starred Bush Robins ( Gogonocichla stellata guttifer).


Orange Thrush ( Geokichla gurneyi keniensis ).


Kenya White-eye (Zosterops kikuyuensis ).


Kikuyu Grey-throated Bulbul ( Arizelocichla teprolcema kikuyuensis).

Tacazze Sunbird ( Nectarinia tacazze).


Bronzy Sunbird (N. kilimensis).


Kenya Malachite Sunbird ( N. cenigularis).


Golden-winged Sunbird (.Drepanorhynchus reichenowi).


Kenya Double-collared Sunbird ( Cinnyris mediocris).


Falkenstein’s Sunbird (C. venustus falkensteini).


Kenya Highlands Scarlet-chested Sunbird ( Chalcomitra senegalensis

lamperti).


Reichenow’s Weaver (Ploceus reichenowi).


Black and Yellow Weaver ( Euplectes capensis xanthomelas).


Kenya Rufous Sparrow ( Passer iagoensis rufocinctus).



