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THE KILIMA-NJABO EXPEDITION. 
[65.] Ardea alba. 
Lake Jipe. 
[66.] Ardea bubulcus. 
Lake Jipe and most rivers. This bird often follows the cattle of 
natives to pick off the ticks that infest them. 
[67.] Scopus umbretta. 
Lake Jipe and R. Lumi. Very common. 
[68.] Xenorhyncus senegalensis. 
Lake Jipe. 
[69.] Leptoptilus crumeniferus. 
Very common in plains. Follows the Masai armies in their raids, 
and frequents Masai settlements. Rarely seen away from the society 
of man. 
70. Ibis hagedash (Lath.). 
Ibis hagedasch, Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 386. 
q, 3000 feet. Irides scarlet. 
Shot in a marsh near Taveita out of a small flock of ten or twelve. 
[71.] Serpentarius secretaries. 
The u Secretary Bird.” Yery common in the plains. 
72. Polyboroides typicus, Smith. 
Polyboroides typicus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 48. 
9 , 5000 feet. 
Only met with in the neighbourhood of villages. Their feathers 
and those of the kite are much prized by the natives for the ornamen¬ 
tation of their capes. 
[73.] Neophron percnopterus. 
The Egyptian vulture. Common up to an alt. of 5000 feet. 
74. Neophron monachus (Temm.). 
Neophron monachus , Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 19. 
Neophron pileatus, Fischer, Zeitschr. ges.Orn.(Madaraz), 1884, p. 376. 
5000 feet. 
Not observed higher up the mountain, as it frequents the more 
thickly inhabited parts; often in flocks associated with the ground 
hornbills and the white-necked ravens. 
[75.] YULTUR CINEREUS ? 
Plains round Kilima-njaro. 
[76.] Gyps Ruppellii. 
[77.] Otogyps ? 
Plains round Kilima-njaro. 
[78.] Spizaetus, sp. 
Found on Kilima-njaro up to 8000 feet alt. 
[79.] Halletus vocifer. 
Lake Jipe and Ruvu R. 
