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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF MOUNT KENYA. 597 3. PTERNISTES INFUSCATUS. Pternistes infuscatus, Cab.: Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 552; id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 26 (1899); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 179 (1896). No. 30. d\ Shot on the march to Camp 12, Aug. 10, 1899. Eyes dark brown ; bill dark brown ; legs and feet black; fleshy parts around eyes and throat vermilion-red; neck bright yellow. 4. NUMIDA REICHENOWI. Numida reichenowi, Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 536, fig. 1; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 183 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 41 (1899). No. 111. $ • Shot at Camp 29 on the Morendat Biver, Sept. 26, 1899. Alt. 7000 feet. Iris hazel; bill horn-colour ; wattles and horn red ; base of horn yellow-ochre; bare skin around eyes, chin, throat, nape, and neck cobalt-blue ; legs and feet black. Common, and to be seen in various sized flocks, and always near water. W e saw these birds at an altitude of over 7000feet; they were very nice-eating. 5. HAPLOPELIA BRONZINA. Haplopelia bronzina (Eiipp.): Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 540 (1893); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 136 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 85 (1899). No. 95. $ ad. Forest zone, Mount Kenya (8000 feet), Sept. 18, 1899. Bill black ; legs, feet, and eyelids lake-red; iris hazel. The only specimen of its kind seen during the eight days' stay in this camp. 6. ARDEA MELANOCEPHALA. Ardea melanocephala, Vig. & Childr. : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 70 (1898); id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 194 (1899); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 157 (1896). No. 28. o*. Shot July 8,1899, Camp 11, Sagana Biver. Eyes pale yellow; fleshy parts around eyes mottled greenish yellow ; bill, legs, and feet black. 7. ALOPOCHEN .EGYPTIACUS. Chenalopex cegyptiacus, (Linn.): Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 167 (1895); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 171 (1896). Alopochen cegyptiacus, Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 215 (1899). No. 29. ?. Camp 11, Sagana River, Aug. 7, 1899. Iris yellow-ochre; feet white ; bill pale bluish white. The Egyptian Goose was common on all the rivers in this district, and huge flocks were observed on Lake Naivasha. 8. ANAS SPARSA. Anas sparsa. Smith: Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 213 |