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Birds from British East Africa. 
themselves very low in the grass and hoping thus to escape 
observation : they always rise singly and when they get up 
utter a harsh note, which sounds like “ kuk-pa-wow,” 
repeating it several times as they fly away. 
211. Lissotis melanogaster. Black-bellied Bustard. 
Lissotis melanogaster Beichen. 
Upper mandible slate-coloured, lower mandible yellowish; 
legs yellowish-white. 
The Black-bellied Bustard was common from the Athi 
Biver across the Kauti Plains to the Thika Biver, but was 
not seen at Naivasha or at Kallima Theki. 
212. Eupodotis kori. The Kori Bustard or Paauw. 
Eupodotis kori Burch. 
More oftener seen than shot, the Paauw was always shy : 
occasionally a well-placed bullet would lay one low. The 
flesh is very coarse and unpalatable. 
213. (Edicnemus capensis. South-African Thick-knee. 
(Edicnemus capensis Beichen. 
Iris yellow; bill black, yellow at base; legs light yellow. 
A fairly common species at Theki, where one day I 
found a single young one squatting by itself in the middle 
of the sandy plain : both old birds, which had evidently run 
ahead, got np about fifty yards away, but though I searched 
most carefully I could find no traces of the other young 
ones. 
214. CEdicnemus vermiculatus. Vermiculated Thick-knee. 
(Edicnemus vermiculatus Cab. 
Iris yellow; bill black; feet pale green. 
215. Cursorius chalcopterus. Bronze-winged Courser. 
Cursorius chalcopterus Beichen. 
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs whitish pink. 
Three of these rare Coursers were seen on April 12th 
near the Gerei Biver and two were shot. They were the 
only individuals which I saw. Perhaps later, during the 
rainy season, they may be commoner. 
