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(111) 24: During the night tro spotted hr&enas were caught in traps set at the 
mouths of pens where the elephant was skinned. Moth were quite rusty 
brownish and long haired. The ¥ looked very much male until disection 
A well developed penis was present hetveen the marnae and no vagina could 
could be detected. On dissection no testes were found but well developed 
uterus and two overies as usual. Caught a dark crooidura like those 
taken at the base camp, also a dark Otorpra during the day. Shot a Masai 
parrot Poeocephalus masssicus. The white neoked ravens are about the 
elephant kill every day tut only one vulture has been seen from the campe 
Caught 4 long-teiled Grociduza. Only one hyaena came during the night 
and this one escaped from the trap which only nipped its foot. Some of 
the porters frightened it early in the A.M, and it tore out. Left the 
camp with the whole outfit at 9 A.M. and arrived at the base camp about 
2 P.M. Photographed two waterfalls and several clumps of fern trees on 
the way. Sav no mammals or any signs of any in the forest. “he lone 
tailed Crocidura may be a new genuse The rot cuspids are four as in 
Pachyura but the last is mich larger than in thet genna and the tail is 
cylindrical and without long conrse hairs. The teeth, however, have & 
young appearance, although the specinen seems to be adult. 26: Caught 
two Arvicanthus b. massaicns and a Kus like the gray one so common on 
on the Athi but this one is larger and darker. Saw one Arvic&anthus 
massaicus on the trail through the shanbas vesterday. (115) Have seen no 
bats anywhere on Kenia. “he only rontile seen has been 4 6 inch Unmeces 
near the shambeas. In the forest seen a similar species once which may be 
identigal with these. Shot tro Gercopithescus kolbi hindei from a herd of 
£6 which I found near the shambas in the forest. After frightening them 
by shooting they dropped to the ground and escaped throueh the tall veeds 
instead of taking the dangerous tree route like most monkeys. 27: Saw 
some Cercopithecus from camp which € pursued, Shot & young one which 
which cried out and dropped to the gound in thick bush. An adult, ap- 
parently ite mother dumped to the ground after it and presumably carried 
it away for I could not find it under the tree where it fell. Shot a 
large Sciurus like 5. rufobuatust in the forest which is (114) colored 
somewhat different than this apectes which ia a Uganda form. No others 
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{114) eould be found. Saw two of the amedl Wuataeinueus jaoksoni, but could 
secure neither. A Kikuyu brought in slive a Rhinolophus like thone we 
secured in caves. “his one he found on & tree trunk. Saw a ¥ bushbuck 
which is the only buck seen py the party on Kenia. Shot 3 adult Colobus 
and one young from a herd of ahout 8 found in the forest near the shanbaa. 
Stomachs and mouthe of theri were Cilled with coarse foliage on which 
they were feeding. 28: Left the camp at @ A.M. a nalf hour anead of th e 
gafari. Ceught during the night at camp ea Legpada snd another of the dark 
colored Hus, gray. Caught no squirrels. ‘Shot an old * Punisciurus 
jacksoni but saw none of the large squirrels. {115} Shot one of the crested 
white-winged eagles, 5S. ocoipitals which { photographed. Saw no mammals 
Along the route, but saw a good many mounds of the bamboo rate On the 
way saw a mumber of Kikgyu women making wine near the roadsiée. They 
were pounding suge®: cane with heavy poles in cup-shaped hollows in & lof. 
This pulverised cane was put into fsourdsa. Hade camp near A fairesized 
stream about six miles from lyeri boma, 289: Left our camp at 7 A.M. 
Caught only one Otomrs during the aight. Had considerable trouble in 
crossing the Chima River whihh ras a *oot higher than when we crossed 
it a fortnight ago. Ran a rope acroas te which the porters clung while 
wading the waist deep stream. Saw no miamala on the way ins Photo- 
graphed a colony of Yeaver birds nests in the Limbs of (116) a small tree 
which overhung the river. “The birds rere quite numerous and tame and 
elung about the neste within a few yards of us. This species 18 Ps 
nigripes apparently. Arrived at Nyeri at 2 Psi. in a light mist. Made 
camp in front of the bona, Yound “lark and Firten camped with their 
safari on their way to Fort Hall, and the Tana River. 50: Saw Mr. Baker 
the forest ranger ®ho is stationed at lyerl. He gave me the names of some 
plants. The yellov-flowered pen bush is Gaseia didymobotrya, the large 
leaved tree is Macaranga, the vellow-barked thorn tree is Acacia, The 
large tree with buttressed trunk in the Henia forest is probably Cinnamo- 
mum camphora.» 
we 
September 1: The safari left Myeri et 1 P.n, in the rain. 
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remained to see the donkeys loaded and took lunch at the P.1.D. 
cam late at 7.30. The camp was pitched in a ravine just across the 

