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BIRD RINGING REPORT 1968-1969 By G. C. BACKHURST INTRODUCTION This report covers the period 1 July, 1968 to 30 June, 1969. It is pleasant to report that, once again, the number of ringed is higher than ever before. As washinted in last year's report (Backhurst, 1969b) some experienced ringers joined the scheme towardS'the end of 1968 while ~other came out early in 1969. The full list of birds ringed is given in Table I;the birds which are palearctic migrants are printed in bold type, others which are included in the palearctic fauna but which are also ethiopian are not so distinguished. The nomenclature used follows White (1960,1961,1962,1963,1965), a departure from previous reports but one that is consider• ed desirable since White's lists reflect modern ideas more accurately than do the north• eastern parts of Mackworth-Praed & Grant's Handbook; moreover White's lists are to be the basis of the forthcoming AFRING list of birds (C. C. H. Elliott, pers. comm.). The number of recoveries, Table 2, shows a satisfying increase. Birds ringed in previous seasons and retrapped at or near their original ringing sites are listed in Table 3. SOME NOTES ON RINGING IN EAST AFRICA Most birds were ringed in , a few hundred in and none at all in . Fifteen ringers were operating in the two countries this season; most of the ethiopian were ringed in western Kenya by P.L. & Mrs. H. A. Britton and J. F. & Mrs. L. M. Harper; smaller numbers were ringed in western Uganda by Dr. M. P. L. Fogden. Most of the ducks and waders were ringed at Lake Nakuru and at Naivasha by the Brittons, Harpers, Dr. E. D. Steel and G. C. & Mrs. D. E. G. Backhurst. Hirundines were ringed at Nairobi, Nakuru and in western Kenya. The bulk of the Yellow Wagtails Motacillaflava were ringed at Nairobi and Kabete by the combined efforts of the Misses J. & D. Angwin, Mrs. L. Campbell, Dr. Steel and the Backhursts; work is progressing on a separate report onthis species (Backhurst, in prep.). One palearctic species, the Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura ringed at Naivasha, was new for the Kenya list (Backhurst, 1969a); another palearctic wader, the Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta caught at the same marsh at Naivasha during ringing operations, although not ringed, was also new for the national list (Backhurst & Britton, 1969). An example of the European Wryneck Jynx torquilla was ringed at Ng'iya in western Kenya, another first record for the country (Britton & Harper, 1969). Britton & Harper (loc. cit.) record the occurrence of eight ethiopian species and one subspecies new to Kenya; three of these species have been recorded before in Kenya but with no supporting evidence. The new birds are: Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus, Yellow-fronted Tinker- Pogoniulus chrysoconus, White-winged Warbler Bradypterus graueri, Yellow Swamp-Warbler Chloropeta gracilirostris, Northern Brown• throated Weaver castanops, (Uganda race) gierowii ansorgei, Brown Twin-Spot C/ytospiza monteiri, Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes, and Bar-breasted Fire-Finch Lagonosticta rufopicta. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ringers gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of the City Engineer, Nairobi, for allowingthem to operate at the two sewageworks; the Director of the Kenya National Parks for permission to ring at Lake Nakuru; the Director of Veterinary Services, Kenya for permission to ring at Kabete; and to Mr. Douros for allowing ringers to operate on his land at Kabete. My wife gave me invaluable help in ringing and administrative tasks. The Society is grateful to the Director of the National Museum, Nairobi, for allow• ing the Museum's address to appear on the rings. Pagel?

TABLE I

BIRDS RINGED BY THE EAST AFRICA NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY RINGING ORGANISATION Palearctic migrants in bold type. 1968/9 Grand Total Podiceps ruficollis (Pallas), Little Grebe o I Ardeola ibis (L.), Cattle Egret .. I I A. ralloides (Scopoli), Squacco Heron . I I Phoenicopterus minor Geoffroy, Lesser Flamingo 5 II Platalea alba Scopoli, African Spoonbill . o 73 Threskiornis aethiopica (Latham), Sacred Ibis o 7 Anas capensis Gmelin, Cape Wigeon .. 95 115 A. erythrorhynchos GmeIin, Red-billed Duck o 43 A. hottentota Eyton, Hottentot Teal 57 91 A. querquedula L., Garganey .. 6 7 A. undulata Dubois, Yellow-billed Duck • 5 36 Netta erythropthalma (Wied), African Pochard I 4 Accipiter badius (Gmelin), Shikra ... 3 3 Milvus migrans migrans (Boddaen), Black Kite I I Falco biarmicus Temminck, Lanner . 2 2 F. subbuteo L., Hobby . 3 3 Coturnix coturnix africana Temminck & Schlegel, Quail o I C. delegorguei Delegorgue, Harlequin Quail I I Fu/ica cristata Gmelin, Crested Coot I 16 Gallinula chloropus (L.), Moorhen . I I Porphyrio porphyrio (L.), Purple Gallinule 2 2 Charadrius asiaticus Pallas, Caspian Plover I I C. dubius Scopoli, Little Ringed Plover . 10 17 C. hiaticula L., Ringed Plover .• 32 74 C. leschenaultii Lesson, Great Sand Plover 5 9 C. mongolus Pallas, Mongolian Sand Plover • 2 4 C. pallidus Strickland, Chestnut-banded Sand Plover o 100 C. pecuarius Temminck, Kittlitz's Sand Plover • 30 136 C. tricol/aris Vieillot, Three-banded Plover • 10 19 Vanellus armatus (Burchell), Blacksmith Plover . 52 97 V. spinosus (L.), Spurwing Plover 6 II Dromas ardeola Paykull, Crab Plover .•• o 2 Cursorius chalcopterus Temminck, Violet-tipped Courser o I Glareola pratincola (L.), Pratincole ...• I I Larus cirrocephalus Viellot, Grey-headed Gull .. 4 4 Sterna leucoptera Temminck, White-winged Black Tern o 89 S. nilotica (Gmelin), Gull-billed Tern . o 3 Himantopus himantopus (L.), Black-winged Stilt 7 14 Recurvirostra avosetta L., Avocet . o 6 Rostratula benghalensis (L)., Painted Snipe 3 3 Calidris alba (Pallas), Sanderling .. o I C. ferruglnea Pontoppidan, Curlew Sandpiper 21 96 C. minuta (Leisler), Little Stint .. 668 1481 C. temminckii (Leisler), Temminck's Stint 2 7 Gallinago gallinago (L.), Snipe . 20 22 G. nigripennis (Bonapane), Mrican Snipe 25 28 G. stenura (Bonapane), Pintail Snipe I I PhUomachus pugnax (L.), Ruff . 1017 1574 Tringa glareola L., Wood Sandpiper 280 324 T. hypoleucos L., Common Sandpiper 27 57 T. nebularia (Gunnerus), Greenshank • I S T. ochropus L., Green Sandpiper .. 9 9 T. stagnatilis (Bechstein), Marsh Sandpiper 142 327 T. terek Latham, Terek Sandpiper ..• I 4 Streptope/ia capicola (Sundevall), Ring-necked Dove 7 7 S. decipiens (Finsch & Hanlaub), Mourning Dove 8 8 S. senega/ends (L.), Laughing Dove .• I I Turtur afer (L.), Blue-spotted Wood Dove . 18 18 T. chalcospilos (Wagler), Emerald-spotted Wood Dove 4 6 T. tympanistn'a (Temminck & Knip), Tambourine Dove 10 IS Page 18

1968/9 162II1410Grand28So3S178234672I679241214I 2I 2317I21204267I2373546984I06SoISI2486II2 Total 2 2 Centropus superci/iosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, White-browed Coucal Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert), Didric Cuckoo .... C. cupreus (Shaw), Emerald Cuckoo C. klaas (Stephens), Klaas' Cuckoo ... Glaucidum tephronotum Sharpe, Red-chested Owlet Caprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, Long-tailed Night jar C. fossii Hartlaub, Night jar .. C. po/iocephalus RUppell, Abyssinian Night jar .. Macrodipteryx longipennis (Shaw), Standard-wing Night jar Apus affinis (Grey), Little Swift .... A. caffer (Lichtenstein), White-rumped Swift Co/ius macrourus (L.), Blue-naped Mousebird C. striata Gmelin, Speckled Mousebird . Alcedo cristata Pallas, Malachite Kingfisher Ceryle rudis (L.), Pied Kingfisher .. Ceyx picta (Boddaert), Pigmy Kingfisher . Halcyon che/icuti (Stanley), Striped Kingfisher . H. leucocephala (MUller), Grey-headed Kingfisher H. senegalensis (L.), Woodland Kingfisher . Merops albicollis Vieillot, White-throated Bee-eater M. apiaster L., Bee-eater .•.•. M. bulocki bullockoides Smith, White-fronted Bee-eater M. pusillus MUller, Little Bee-eater .. M. superciliosus L., Blue-cheeked Bee-eater . M. variegatus Vieillot, Blue-breasted Bee-eater . Upupa epops L., Hoopoe ..... Gymnobucco bonapartei Hartlaub, Grey-throated Barbet Lybius bidentatus (Shaw), Double-toothed Barbet . L. guifsobalito Hermann, Black-billed Barbet . L. lacrymosus (Cabanis), Spotted-flanked Barbet L. leucocephalus (Defilippi), White~headed Barbet .. Pogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall), Golden-rumped Tinker-Bird P. chrysoconus (Temminck), Yellow-fronted Tinker-Bird . P.leucomystax (Sharpe), Moustached Green Tinker-Bird P. pusillus (Dumont), Red-fronted Tinker-Bird .. Trachyphonus purpuratus Verreaux, Yellow-billed Barbet Indicator indicator (Sparrman), Greater Honey-guide I. minor Stephens, Lesser Honey-guide .. I. variegatus Lesson, Scaly-throated Honey-guide . Campethera nivosa (Swainson), Buff-spotted Woodpecker C. nubica (Boddaert), Nubian Woodpecker . Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot), Cardinal Woodpecker Jynx torquilIa L., Wryneck ... Mesopicos goertae (MUller), Grey Woodpecker

Mirafra africana A. Smith, Rufous-naped Lark Campephaga phoenicea (Latham), Black Cuckoo Shrike Dicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein), Drongo ... D. ludwigii (Smith), Square-tailed Drongo .• Emberiza fiaviventris Stephens, Golden-breasted Bunting Amandava subfiava (Vieillot), Zebra Wax-bill Clytospiza monteiri (Hartlaub), Brown Twinspot Cryptospiza jacksoni Sharpe, Dusky Crimson-wing C. salvadorii Reichenow, Abyssinian Crimson-wing C. shelleyi Sharpe, Shelley's Crimson-wing EGtrilda astrild (L.), Wax-bill .. E. bengala (L.), Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu . E. erythronotos (Vieillot), Black-cheeked Wax-bill E. ianthinogaster (L.), Purple Grenadier .. E. melanous (Temminck), Yellow-bellied Wax-bill E. nonnula Hartlaub, Black-crowned Wax-bill . E. paludicola Heuglin, Fawn-breasted Wax-bill . E. rhodopyga Sundevall, Crimson-rumped Wax-bill E. troglodytes (Lichtenstein), Black-rumped Wax-bill Hypargos niveoguttatus (Peters), Peters' Twinspot Page.52311713929184580272467213III55094601715226161018482317387675I824361820I2Grand15 19 108612018268002100162IIII6I2II 10641575695071525117371310604239435311371175II1569420I74I0 Total-- 1968/9

Lagonosticta rubricata (Lichtenstein), Mrican L. rufopicta (Fraser), Brown Firefinch L. senegala (L.), Red-billed Firefinch .. Lonchura bicolor (Fraser), Black & White Mannikin L. cucullata (Swainson), Bronze Mannikin •. Nigrita canicapilla (Strickland), Grey-headed Negro-Finch Pytelia melba (L.), Green-winged Ptylia ... Spermophaga ruficapilla (Shelley), Red-headed Blue-bill Vidua chalybeata (MUller), Indigo Bird • V. macroura (Pallas), Pin-tailed Whydah ... Serinus atrogularis (A. Smith), Yellow-rumped Seed-eater S. burtoni (Gray), Thick-billed Seed-eater S. citrinelloides RUppell, Mrican Citril •. S. dorsostriatus (Reichenow), White-bellied Canary S. mozambicus (MUller), Yellow-fronted Canary . S. striolatus (RUppell), Streaky Seed-eater. S. sulphuratus (L.), Brimstone Canary Delichon urbica (L.), House Martin . Hirundo abyssinica Guerin, Striped Swallow H. angolensis Bocage, Swallow H. daurica L., Red-rumped Swallow . H. fuligula Lichtenstein, Mrican Rock Martin H. rustica L., Swallow ..... H. semirufa Sundevall, Rufous-chested Swallow . H. senegalensis L., Mosque Swallow H. smithii Leach, Wire-tailed Swallow ... Psalidoprocne albiceps Sc1ater, White-headed Rough-wing P. pristoptera (RUppell), Black Rough-wing Riparia cincta (Boddaert), Banded Martin R. paludicola (Vieillot), Mrican Sand Martin R. riparia (L.), Sand Martin .... Eurocephalus anguitimens Smith, White-crowned Shrike Dryoscopus cubla (Shaw), Black-backed Puff-back Shrike D. gambensis (Lichtenstein), Puff-back Shrike Laniarius barbarus (L.), Black-headed Gonelek L.ferrugineus (Gmelin), Tropical Boubou L. funebris (Hartlaub), Slate-coloured Boubou L.luehderi Reichenow, LUhder's Bush Shrike Lanius collaris L., Fiscal .. L. collurio L., Red-backed Shrike .... L. excubitorius Prevost & Des Murs, Grey-backed Fiscal L. minor Gmelin, Lesser Grey Shrike ... Prionops plumata (Shaw), Curly-crested Helmet Shrike Tchagra australis (Smith), Brown-headed Bush-Shrike T. minuta (Hartlaub), Black-cap Bush-Shrike T. senegala (L.), Black-headed Bush-Shrike .• Malaconotus dohertyi (Rothschild), Doherty's Bush-Shrike M. sulfureopectus (Lesson), Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike Nilaus afer (Latham), Northern Brubru . Anthus cervinus (Pallas), Red-throated Pipit A. leucophrys Vieillot, Plain-backed Pipit . A. novaeseelandiae Gmelin, Richard's Pipit A. trivialis (L.), Tree Pipit ..... Macronyx croceus (Vieillot), Yellow-throated Longc1aw Motacilla alba alba L., White Wagtail . M. alba vidua (Sundevall), African Pied Wagtail M. capensis L., Cape Wagtail .. M. cinerea Tunstall, Grey Wagtail M. flava L., Yellow Wagtail .. Batis capensis (L.), Puff-back Flycatcher .. B. minor Erlanger, Black-headed Puff-back Flycatcher . B. molitor (Halin & KUster), Chin-spot Puff-back Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus (MUller), Pale Flycatcher .. Melaenornis chocolatina (RUppell), White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher M. edoloides (Swainson), Black Flycatcher . Page 20

1968/9 2510265232831530201318II1610I297223275495443I314858212614IGrand 14020II48250I673I204II2I 543114551914954372340352679 2 Total Muscicapa adusta (Boie), Dusky Flycatcher M. aquatica Heuglin, Swamp Flycatcher . M. caerulescens (Hartlaub), Ashy Flycatcher M. striata (Pallas), Spotted Flycatcher .. Myioparus plumbeus (Hartlaub), Grey Tit Flycatcher Platysteira blissetti (Sharpe), Jameson's Wattle-eye P. castenea (Fraser), Chestnut Wattle-eye . P. cyanea (Muller), Wattle-eye .. P. peltata Sundevall, Black-throated Wattle-eye ... Terpsiphone rufiventer (Swainson), Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher T. viridis (Muller), Paradise Flycatcher ..... Trochocercus albonotatus Sharpe, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher T. longicauda (Swainson), Blue Flycatcher .• T. nigromitratus (Reichenow), Dusky-crested Flycatcher Acrocephalus arundinaceus (L.), Great Reed Warbler A. boeticatus (Vieillot), African Reed Warbler . A. gracilirostris (Hartlaub), Lesser Swamp Warbler A. palustris (Bechstein), Marsh Warbler .. A. rufescens (Sharpe & Bouvier), Greater Swamp Warbler A. schoenabaenus (L.), Sedge Warbler . A. scirpaceus (Hermann), Reed Warbler. Apalis cinerea (Sharpe), Grey Apalis . A.flavida (Strickland), Black-breasted Apalis A. pulchra Sharpe, Black-collared Apallis .... BathmocerclIs cerviniventris (Sharpe), Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus (Ruppell), Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Camaroptera brachyura (Vieillot), Grey-backed Camaroptera C. chloronota Reichenow, Olive-green Camaroptera . Chloropeta natalensis Smith, Yellow Flycatcher Warbler C. similis Richmond, Mountain Yellow Flycatcher Warbler Cisticola brunnescens Heuglin, Pectoral-patch Cisticola C. carruthersi O. Grant, Carruther's Cisticola C. chiniana (A. Smith), Rattling Cisticola . C. erythrops Hartlaub, Red-faced Cisticola C. galactotes (Temminck), Winding Cisticola C. hunteri Shelley, Hunter's Cisticola C. natalensis (Smith), Croaking Cisticola C. robusta (Ruppell), Stout Cisticola . C. woosnami O. Grant, Trilling Cisticola . Eminia lepida Hartlaub, Grey-capped Warbler ... Eremomela icteropygialis (Lafresnaye), Yellow-bellied Eremomela Hippolais icterina (Vieillot), Icterine Warbler ..• H. languida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg), Upcher's Warbler H. pallida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg), Olivaceous Warbler • Hylia prasina (Cassin), Green Hylia ••... Phylloscopus budongoensis (Seth Smith), Uganda Woodland Warbler P. trochilus (L.), Willow Warbler •. P. umbrovirens (Ruppell), Brown Woodland Warbler Prinia bairdii (Cassin), Banded Prinia . P. leucopogon (Cabanis), White-chinned Prinia P. subflava (Gmelin), Tawny-flanked Prinia Sylvia atricapilla (L.), Blackcap • S. borin (Boddaert), Garden Warbler S. communis Latham, Whitethroat S. nisoria (Bechstein), Barred Warbler Sylvietta brachyura Lafresnaye, Crombec . S.leucophrys Sharpe, White-browed Crombec . S. whytii Shelley, Red-faced Crombec .. Alcippe abyssinica (Ruppell), Abyssinian Hill Babbler . Trichastoma albipecta (Reichenow), Scaly-breasted Illadopsis T. fulvescens (Cassin), Brown Illadopsis .... T. pyrrhoptera (Reichenow & Neumann), Mountain Illadopsis T. rufipennis (Sharpe), Pale-breasted Illadopsis . Turdoides jardinei (Smith), Arrow-marked Babbler T. mela1llJps(Hartlaub), Black-Iored Babbler Pag~213733101215163947272426425I631350171548II261857206548597812812145IGrand 542014591013427064575039282661210151381III17II2085I732I ---Total 251968/9

T. plebejus (Kretzchmar), Brown Babbler . Alethe archeri (Sharpe), Archer's Robin Chat . A. poliocephala (Bonaparte), Brown-chested Alethe A. poliophrys Sharpe, Red-throated Alethe •.• Cercotrichas hartlaubi (Reichenow), Brown-backed Scrub Robin C. leucophrys (Vieillot), Red-backed Scrub Robin . C. quadrivirgata (Reichenow), Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin Cossypha caffra (L.), Robin Chat .... C. cyanocampter (Bonaparte), Blue-shouldered Robin Chat C. heuglini Hartlaub, White-browed Robin Chat C. natalensis Smith, Red-capped Robin Chat .. C. niveicapilla (Lafresnaye), Snowy-headed Robin Chat C. polioptel:! Reichenow, Grey-winged Robin Chat Luscinia luscinia (L.), Sprosser . L megarhynchos Brehm, Nightingale . Monticola saxatillis (L.), Rock Thrush. Myrmecocichla nigra (Vieillot), Sooty Chat .. Neocossyphus poensis (Strickland), White-tailed Ant Thrush . Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck & Langier), Isabeline Wheatear O. oenanthe (L.), Wheatear .. O. pleschanka Lepechin, Pied Wheatear Phoenicurus phoenicurus (L.), Redstart •. Pogonocichla stellata (Vieillot), White-starred Bush Robin Saxicola rubetra (L.), Whinchat S. torquata (L.), Stonechat .... Sheppardia aequatorialis (Jackson), Equatorial Akalat Turdus abyssinicus (L.), Olive Trush . T. pelios Bonaparte, Mrican Thrush .. T. piaggiae Bouvier, Abyssinian Ground Thrush Anthreptes collaris (Vieillot), Collared Sunbird . Nectarinia alinae (Jackson), Blue-headed Sunbird N. bifasciata (Shaw), Little Purple-banded Sunbird N. cuprea (Shaw), Copper Sunbird ... N. erythroceria Hartlaub, Red-chested Sunbird . N. kilimensis Shelley, Bronze Sunbird . N. mariquensis (Smith), Mariqua Sunbird ... N. mediocris (Shelley), Eastern Double-collared Sunbird N. olivacea (Smith), Olive Sunbird ..... N. preussi (Reichenow), Northern Double-collared Sunbird . N. pulchella (L.), Beautiful Sunbird N. regia (Reichenow), Regal Sunbird . N. reichenowi (Fischer), Golden-winged Sunbird N. senegalensis (L.), Scarlet-chested Sunbird N. tacazza (Stanley), Tacazze Sunbird . N. venusta (Shaw & Hodder), Variable Sunbird N. verticalis (L.), Green-headed Sunbird .. Driolus larvatus Lichtenstein, Black-headed Oriole O. oriolus (L.), Golden Oriole .. Parus albiventris Shelley, White-bellied Tit . Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors), Grosbeak Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis (Cabanis), Parasitic Weaver . Euplectes albonotatus (Cassin), White-winged Widow Bird E. ardens (Boddaert), Red-collared Widow Bird E. axillaris (Smith), Fan-tailed Widow Bird E. gierowii Cabanis, Black Bishop .. E. hordeaceus (L.), Black-winged Red Bishop E. jacksoni Sharpe, Jackson's Widow Bird .. E. macrourus (Gmelin), Yellow-mantled Widow Bird E. orix (L.), Red Bishop .... rubriceps (Sundevall), Red-headed Weaver Passer eminibey (Hartlaub), Chestnut Sparrow P. griseus (Vieillot), Grey-headed Sparrow P. iagoensis (Gould), Kenya Rufous Sparrow .. Plocepasser mahali Smith, Stripe-breasted Sparrow Weaver Ploceus alienus (Sharpe), . · Page 22

1968/9 24II1013191945425532227376178733398542036073494101I3314172424790777557GrandI 19873395379178444211530I2101402354390I17I27214878527774903I6532I323 50 Total P. bagla/echt (Daudin), Emin's & Reichenow's Weavers P. hicolor Vieillot, Dark-backed Weaver . P. bojeri (Cabanis), ... P. castanops Shelley, Northern Brown-throated Weaver P. cucullatus (Mtiller), Black-headed Weaver P. intermedius Rtippell, Masked Weaver . P. jacksoni Shelley, Golden-backed Weaver P. luteolus (Lichtenstein), . P. melanocephalus (L.), Yellow-backed Weaver P. melanogaster Shelley, Black-billed Weaver P. nigricollis (Vieillot), Black-necked Weaver P. ocularis Smith, . P. pelzelni (Hartlaub), Slender-billed Weaver P. superciliosus (Shelley), P. velatus Vieillot, P. xanthops (Hartlaub), Holub's Golden Weaver cardinalis (Hartlaub), Q. erythrops (Hartlaub), Red-headed Quelea Q. quelea (L.), Red-billed Quelea •.... Andropadus curoirostris Cassin, Sombre Greenbul A. importunus (Vieillot), Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul . A. latirostris Strickland, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul . A. montanus Reichenow, Shelley's Greenbul .. A. tephrolaemus (Grey), Olive-breasted Mountain Greenbul A. wrens Cassin, Little Greenbul . Bieda syndactyla Swainson, Bristle Bill ... Chlorocichla ftavicollis Swainson, Yellow-throated Leaf-Love C. ftaviventris (Smith), Yellow-bellied Greenbul . Phyllastrephus baumanni Reichenow, Toro Olive Greenbul P. debilis (Sclater), Smaller Yellow-streaked Greenbul P. fischeri (Reichenow), Fischer's Greenbul . P. strepitans (Reichenow), Northern Brownbul • P. terrestris Swainson, Brownbul •... Pycnonotus barbatllS (Desfontaines), Dark-capped Bulbul Buphagus erythorhynchus (Stanley), Red-billed Oxpecker Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (Boddaert), Violet-backed Starling . Creatophora cinerea (Menschen), Wattled Starling •.. Lamprotornis chloropterus Swainson, Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling L. caudatus (Mi.iller), Rtippell's Long-tailed Glossy Starling Spreo superbus (Rtippell), Superb Starling ... Zosterops abyssinicaftavilateralis (Reichenow), Yellow White-eye Z. senegalensisjacksoni (Neumann), Green White-eye .. Z. s. kikuyuensis (Sharpe), Kikuyu White-eye TOTAL •••• TOTAL PALEARCTIC MIGRANTS TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES TOTAL PALEARCTIC SPECIES

TABLE 2 RECOVERIES AND CONTROLS OF BIRDS RINGED IN EAST AFRICA

Key to symbols and terms

Ring number - Where this is in italics the ring has been returned. Age f.g. - full grown, age uncertain; ad. - adult, at least one year old; pull. - young, not able to fly freely; juv. - juvenile, able to fly freely; 1st W. - first winter. Sex ~ - male.

xA - found long dead; 1 ?I - manner of recovery unknown; v - caught or trapped and released with ring; o - caught or trapped alive and not released, or released but with ring removed.

Date of recovery - Where this is unknown, the date of the reporting letter is given in brackets.

A recovery in the strict sense is a ringed bird found dead, whether by the ringer himself or reported by a member of the public; a control is a bird ringed by one ringer and retrapped by another, or a bird retrapped by the original ringer at a point more than three miles from the locality where it was first ringed.

Charadrius pecuarius Kittlitz's Sand Plover A. 3416 f.g. 20.4.68 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. 0020'S., 36°06'E. DJP. I?I 6·4·69 Lake Elmenteita, Kenya. 0027'S., 36°15'E. 23 kID SE. (Paul Kihika) Calidris minuta Little Stint A.0773 f.g. 3.3.67 ake Nakuru, Kenya. JBS. v 1.1.69 LNaivasha, Kenya. 0046'S., 36°20'E. 58 kIDSE. (GCB)

Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper B.5638 ad. 12.4.69 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. EDS. 1 ?I 0.9.69 near Mezen', Arkhangelsk' Region, U.S.S.R. 65°50'N., 44°17'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow)

Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper A. 4997 f.g. 14.4.68 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. GCB. + 28.5.68 near Chaikovskii, Perm' Region, U.S.S.R. 56°46'N., 54°08'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow)

Philomachus pugnax Ruff B. 0617 f.g.~ 6. 5.68 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. DJP. I?I 0.10.68 Roberts' Camp, Lake Baringo, Kenya. 0040'N., 36°00'E. 105kIDN. (Mrs. B. Roberts).

B. 5553 ad~ 8.2.69 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. EDS. + 20·5·69 near Berdigestyakh, Gomyi District. Yakutian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R. 62°07'N., 126°39'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow) Hirundo abyssinica Striped Swallow J.22240 f.g. 11.2.69 Kabete, Kenya (at roost). 1014'S., 36°45'E. EDS. v 25.2.69 Kabete-flew into house, caught, then released with ring. J. 2294? Kabete, Kenya (at roost). EDS. v Nairobi (St. Andrew's Church) 1016'S., 36°48'E. 13 kID SE. (AlfredMathu). The finder did not note the final digit of the number. Hirundo rustica Swallow J. 19928 juv. 31.10.68 Kariobangi, Nairobi. 1015'S., 36°53'E. GCB. 01 12. 6.69 near Chukhloma, Kostroma Region, U.S.S.R. 58°44'N., 42°42'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow)

J. 21474 juv. 1.11.68 Kariobangi Nairobi. GCB. + 14.10.69 Busia, Uganda. 0028'N., 34°05'E. 365 kIDNW. (p.A.A. Malingu) J.25893 f.g. 12.12.69' Lake Nakuru, Kenya. PLB & JFH. x 19. 2.68 Nakuru Sewage Farm. (Njoroge Kiarie) Page 24

J.25897 juv. 12.12.68 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. PLB & JFH. J?J 3· s·69 near Tjuratam, Kzyl-orda District, Kazakh S.S.R., U.S.S.R. 4S040'N., 63°16'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow) ad. 28.12.68 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. PLB. J?J 26. 7.69 near Tskhaltubo, Georgian S.S.R., U.S.S.R. SSo08'N., 48°01'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow)

Riparia paludicola Mrican Sand Martin J.26u9 ad. 26.12.68 Lake Nakuru Kenya. PLB. v IS. 8.69 Kipsigis Tugen Farm, near Nakuru. (David arap Towett)

J.28230 juv. 28.6.69 Lake Nakuru, Kenya. PLB. v IS.8.69 as J. 26u9: both these birds flew into a house and were caught together.

Riparia riparia Sand Martin J. 7066 f.g. 16467 Entebbe, Uganda. oOoS'N., 32°30'E. DJP. J ?J 20.6.69 near Sorochinsk, Orenburg Region, U.S.S.R. S2°26'N., S3°u'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow) Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail J. 5653 ad. c! 8.12.68 Kariobangi, Nairobi. GCB. lutea + near Raevskii, Bashkirian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R. 54°04'N., 54°u'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow)

J. 1017120.6.6912.8.6913.2.6813.3.690·S·69f.g.ad.~ad.!j!ad.c!!j! 12.2.6923.2.69 Kabete, Kenya (at roost). GCB. flava+(window)flava/xA?/x 19.2.69 J. 14853 J.10735J.29046 Nairobi, Kenya c. 12 km S. (1. Wahlstrom) Kabete, Kenya (at roost). EDS.

near Sechenovo, Gorkii Region, U.S.S.R. S5°12'N., 45°54'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow) Kariobangi, Nairobi, Kenya. GCB. near Narym, Parabel District, Tomsk Region, U.S.S.R. 58° 53'N., 81° 36'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow)

Kabete, Kenya (at roost). EDS. near Yalchiki, Chuvashian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R. 55° 08/N., 48°01'E. (Ringing Centre, Moscow) J.18236 ad. ~ 26.4.69 Kariobangi, Nairobi, Kenya. LC. /?/ 22.5.69 near Shemysheika, Penza Region, U.S.S.R. 52°54'N" 45°24/E (Ringing Centre, Moscow)

TABLE 3

BIRDS RETRAPPED FROM PREVIOUS SEASONS Charadrius hiaticula 2 Calidris minuta • 8 Gallinago gallinago I Philomachus pugnax 10 Tringa glareola I T. stagnatilis 2 Hirundo rustica I Motacilla flava . 19S Acrocephalus scirpaceus I

Except for some of the Motacilla flcifJa, all the above were retrapped where ringed; some of the M. flava showed movements of a few kilometres between roosts, and roosts and feeding sites. Page '25

KEY TO RINGERS' INITIALS IN LIST OF RECOVERIES

GCB G.C. & D. E. G. Backhurst DJP. D. J. Pearson PLB. P. L. & H. A. Britton JBS. J. B. Smart PLB& JFH. P. L. Britton & J. F. Harper EDS E. D. Steel LC. Mrs. L. Campbell

OTHER RINGERS IN EAST AFRICA

Miss D. Angwin G. Harrington Miss J. Angwin M.Reid Miss E. Blundell D. A. Turner R. Cheke R. Waterhouse M. P. L. Fogden R. J. Wheater

TABLE 4 RECOVERIES IN EAST AFRICA OF BIRDS RINGED ABROAD This list includes some further additions to the recoveries of birds ringed abroad prior to I July, 1967 (Backhurst, 1969b.) The signs and symbols are the same as those used in Table 2.

Ciconia ciconia pull. White Stork Stockholm 8.009·210D.D.I02368D.106069I v?I 45945 ZagrebGoteborgx LarusZagrebfuscus + Balimbegova, Skopje, Yugoslavia. 42°00'N, 21°30'E. Itobo, Nzega District, Tanzania. 4°59'S., 32°48'E.

4·6.62 Aradac, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia. 45°25'N., 20024'E. 5.11•62 Karamoja District, Uganda. c. 0045'N., 31°58'E.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

26.6.60 SpjutsO, Brakne Hoby, Blekinge, Sweden. 56°08' N., 15°02'E. 1.10.60 Musoma, Tanzania. 1031'S., 33°48'E.

Laggrund, 6regrundsgrepen, Uppland, Sweden. c. 60027'N., 18°18'E. Lake Salisbury, Soroti, Teso District, Uganda. 1040'N., 34°00'E. Helsinki H-55·916 pull. 3.7.66 Gamlakarleby, (Vasa), Finland. 63°50'N., 23°06'E. x 22.8.68 Agwatta, Uganda. 1059'N., 33°00'E. Helsinki H-93·014 pull. 13. 7.68 Viisterskiir, Tjock (Vasa), Finland. x 25.11•68 Nyamazugo, Geita District, Tanzania. 0030'S., 32°30'E.

REFERENCES BACKHURST,G. C., 1969a. "A Record of Gallinago stenura from Kenya." Bull. Br. Orn. Club 89: 95-96. BACKHURST,G. C., 1969b. "Report on Bird Ringing 1967-1968." J. E. Afr. nat. Hist. Soc. 27 :217-225 BACKHURST,G. C. & BRITTON,P. L., 1969. "A Record of Calidn's subminuta from Kenya." Bull. Br. Orn. Club 89 :121. BRITTON,P. L. & HARPER,J. F., 1969. "Some new distributional records for Kenya." Bull. Br. Orn. Club. 89 : 162-165. Poge26

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