. Auf Safari : Großwildjagd in Britisch-Ostafrika, mit Studien in der Vogelwelt . hinone hundert Yards. Dargestellt auf S. 77. Trotz seiner breiten Verbreitung von Wehen und scheinbaren Masse ist der Kori Bustard vergleichsweise ein schlanker Vogel, der weit unter dem europäischen Bustard in Gewicht fällt. Die heiß auf dem Molo und in Baringo nie mehr als 25 Pfund, und die schwerste von Mr. Jackson gewogen war 28 Pfund; während Otis tarda in Spanien gewöhnlich erreicht 30 bis 32 Pfund, Und ein außergewöhnlich schwerer alter Rüde, den ich in der National Collection in South Kensington mit einem Gewicht von 37 lbs. Die Weite des Flügels eines Kori-Rüden, sh

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. On safari : big game hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird-life . hinone hundred yards. Figured at p. 77. Despite its broad spread of Aving and apparent bulk, the Kori Bustard is comparatively a slim-built bird, fallingfar below the European Bustard in weight. Those weshot on the Molo and at Baringo never exceeded 25 lbs., and the heaviest weighed by Mr. Jackson was 28 lbs.;whereas Otis tarda in Spain commonly reaches 30 to32 lbs., and one exceptionally heavy old male which I gaveto the National Collection at South Kensington weighed37 lbs. The expanse of wing of a Kori male, shot at Njoro-Ilimalo, we measured roughly as 14 spans, or say Sh ft. Stanleys Bustard or Veld Paauw—Ncotis caffra. This is a trueBustard, and althoug;h so much smaller than the Kori, is acompact, solid bird, weighing from 10 to 11 lbs. During 312 ON SAFARI the breeding-time, in April, this species, Hke its Europeancongeners, exhibits an excessive display —as it were, turning itself inside out.Florican, or Wato Bustard—Trachelotis eanicoUis. Common onplains of the high veld.. CROWNED CRANE. Cranes Crowned Crane—Balearica gibhericeps. Abundant both on theAthi Plains and in the Rift Valley, frequenting the opengrass-prairie in small groups, usually under half-a-dozen, but uniting in packs towards dusk, when, with clamorouscries, they fly to roost in the tall fever-trees. [Note.—There were huge grey Cranes by Lake Nakuruwhich I imagined would be the Great Wattled Crane {Bugcranus APPENDIX 313 carunculatus) of South Africa. I also put clown in my note-book the Whale-headed Stork, or Shoe-bill {Balieniceps rex) asobserved ou that lake; but neither of these species has yet beenproved to occur in this part of British East Africa. The true Cranes, it sliould be added, are not marshbirds, frequenting the drier lands, like bustards, and feedingon grain and seeds, varied by locusts and the larger insects.] Herons Common Heron—Ardea cincrca. Scarce. Purple Heron—A. purpurea. 1 -,

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