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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF MOUNT KENYA. 601 These birds travel about in various sized flocks; and on the lower slopes of Mt. Kenya I have noticed fully 80 or 90 at a time ; they present a curious sight when on the wing, their exceedingly long tails causing a most peculiar motion. Their flight is somewhat slow. 22. TURACUS HAB.TLAUBI. Turacus hartlaubi (Fischer & Beichen.): Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 312; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 120 (1896). No. 3. 2 ad. Nairobi Forest (5500 feet), July 11, 1899. Iris hazel; feet black; bill dark green, tip orange. No. 10. d ad. Nairobi Forest (5500 feet), July 15, 1899. No. 19. d ad. Nairobi Forest (5500 feet), July 18, 1899. These birds are common in this locality and are also to be met with on Mount Kenya at an altitude of 9000 feet. They utter a cry not unlike the Francolin which is to be found there. Masai native name: " Kal-lere-wa." 23. HAPALODERMA NARLNA. Hapaloderma narina (V.) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 321; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 108 (1896). No. 20. o*. Nairobi Forest,5500feet, July 19, 1899. Iris red; bill yellow at base, darkening to grey at the tip; feel; pinkish brown. No. 20. 2 • Camp 18, western slope of Mount Kenya, 8000 feet, Sept. 15, 1899. Iris reddish brown ; bill yellow at base, shading to green at tip; feet pale pinkish brown. Uncommon. 24. BYCANISTES CRISTATUS. Bycanistes cristatus (Eiipp.): Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 417 (1892); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 114 (1896). Nos. 11, 12. o* $ ad. Nairobi Forest, July 14,1899. Bill brown, casque white; iris dark brown; feet black, with white between the scales. These birds were mostly found in pairs, aud are very wary. Alighting on the most lofty (usually dead) trees, they would be off at the slightest noise, or at the sight of anything moving beneath. Common. 25. IRRISOR JACKSONI. Irrisor jacksoni, Sharpe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [6] vi. 1890, p. 503; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 21, pi. iii. fig. 1; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 319: Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 112 (1896). Nos. 85, 91, 93, 94. Three females and one male were shot at Camp 18 a, Kenya Forest, alt. 8000 feet. Iris reddish brown; bill, legs, feet, and eyelids lake-red. These birds were found in small flocks of about twenty. They |
