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BIRD RINGING for 1961-1966 by J J. E. Afr. nat. Hist, Soc. Vol. XXVI No.2 (114) Page 47 BIRD RINGING FOR 1961-1966 By J. SMART The East Mrica Natural History Society Bird Ringing Organization started ringing birds at the Eastleigh Sewage Works, Nairobi, in 1960. Brief reports have been published on the birds ringed up to the middle of 1961(Blencowe,1960and 1962).This report covers all activitiesup to the middle of 1966. Table I which is divided into two lists, palaearctic migrants and Mrican birds, shows the total numbers of each species recorded as ringed on all ringing returns received to date. In most cases the returns cover the period to 30th June, 1966, but, Prof. D. A. Zimmerman's return up to August, 1966,has been included for the sake of completeness and because of the interesting speciesrecorded. Several returns are stilI outstanding and those concerned who read this report are asked to send them in as soon as possible. TABLE I BIRDS RINGED BY THE EAST AFRICA NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY BIRD RINGING ORGANIZATION UP TO 30th JUNE, 1966 Palaearctic Migrants (List 1) 1. Ringed Plover. Charadrius hiaticu/a Linnaeus 1 2. Mongolian Sand-Plover. Charadrius mongolus Pallas 1 3. Great Sand-Plover. Charadrius /eschenaultii Lesson 1 4. Curlew Sandpiper. Calidris testacea (pallas) 1 5. Little Stint. Calidris minuta (Leisler) • 122 6. Ruff. Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus) .. 38 7. Common Sandpiper. Tringa hypo/eucos Linnaeus 4 8. Wood Sandpiper. Tringa glareola Linnaeus . 8 9. Marsh Sandpiper. Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein) 9 10. Greenshank. Tringa nebu/aria (Gunnerus) 1 11. Grey Wagtail. Motacil/a cinerea Tunstall 1 12. Yellow Wagtails. Budytes species ...• 722 13. Spotted Flycatcher. Muscicapa striata (Pallas) . 1 14. Rock Thrush. Monticola saxatilis (Linnaeus) . 1 15. Wheatear. Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus) ... 3 16. Isabelline Wheatear. Oenanthe isabe/lina (Temminck & Langier) 1 17. Sprosser. Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus) • 3 18. Whitethroat. Sylvia communis Latham 2 19. Garden Warbler. Sylvia borin (Boddaert) 23 20. Blackcap. Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus) .... 7 21. Upcher's Warbler. Hippolais languida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg) 2 22. Olivaceous Warbler. Hippolais pal/ida (Hemprich & Ehrenberg) 4 23. Great Reed Warbler. Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus) 3 24. Reed Warbler. Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann) . 14 25. Sedge Warbler. Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Linnaeus) 13 26. Willow Warbler. Phyl/oscopus trochilus (Linnaeus) 6 27. Swallow.Hirundo rustica Linnaeus . 231 28. Sand Martin. Riparia riparia (Linnaeus) . 223 29. House Martin. Delichon urbica (Linnaeus) 1 30. Red-backed Shrike. Lanius col/urio Linnaeus 4 31. Red-tailed Shrike. Lanius cristatus Linnaeus 1 TOTAL 1,452 Mrican Birds (List 2) 1. Sacred Ibis. Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham) 7 2. Mrican Spoonbill. Platalea alba Scopoli . 73 3. Lesser Flamingo. Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy) 6 4. Hottentot Teal. Anas punctata Burchell 1 5. Quail. Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus) . 1 6. Chestnut-banded Sand-Plover. Charadrius Vjnustus Fischer & Reichenow 100 Page 48 Bird Ringing for 1961-1966 7. Kittlitz's Sand-Plover. Charadrius pecuarius Temminck 3 8. Blacksmith Plover. Hoplopterus armatus (Burchell) . 6 9. Avocet. Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus .... 1 10. Tambourine Dove. Tympanistria tympanistria (Temminck & Knip) 5 11. Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove. Turtur chalcospilos (Wagler) 2 12. Pigmy Kingfisher. Ispidina picta (Boddaert) .. 4 13. Grey-throated Barbet. Gymnobucco bonapartei Hartlaub 1 14. Golden-romped Tinker-bird. Pogoniulus bilineatus (Sundevall) 4 15. Yellow-billed Barbet. Trachylaemus purpuratus (Verreaux) • 2 16. Buff-spotted Woodpecker. Campethera nivosa (Swainson) 1 17. African Pied Wagtail. Motacilla aguimp Dumont . 1 18. Brown Illadopsis. Malacocinclafulvescens (Cassin) . 7 19. Pale-breasted Illadopsis. Malacocincla rufipennis (Sharpe) 13 20. Scaly-breasted Illadopsis. Malacocincla albipectus (Reichenow) . 21 21. Mountain Illadopsis. Malacocincla pyrrhopterus (Reichenow & Neumann) 1 22. Abyssinia Hill-Babbler. Pseudoalcippe abyssinicus (Ruppell) 3 23. Dark-capped Bulbul. Pycnonotus tricolor (Hartlaub) . 1 24. White-vented Bulbul. Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines) 1 25. Bristle-Bill. Bieda syndactyla Swainson .. 7 26. Brownbul. Phyllastrephus terrestris Swainson .. 7 27. Northern Brownbul. Phyllastrephus strepitans (Reichenow) . 2 28. Smaller Yellow-streaked Greenbul. Phyllastrephus debilis (Sc1ater) 3 29. Fischer's Greenbul. Phyllastrephusfischeri (Reichenow) 33 30. Toro Olive Greenbul. Phyllastrephus hypochloris (Jackson) . 5 31. Olive-breasted Mountain-Greenbul. Arizelocichla tephrolaema (Gray) 15 32. Shelley's Greenbul. Arizelocichla masukuensis (Shelley) . 4 33. Yellow-bellied Greenbul. Chlorocichla flaviventris (Smith) . 4 34. Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul. Andropadus importunus (Vieillot) 3 35. Cameroon Sombre Greenbul. Andropadus curvirostris Cassin 14 36. Little Greenbul. Eurillas virens (Cassin) ..... 20 37. Yellow-whiskered Greenbul. Stelgidocichla latirostris (Strickland) 195 38. Ashy Flycatcher. Alseonax cinereus (Cassin) ... 2 39. White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher. Dioptrornis fischeri Reichenow 4 40. Puff-back Flycatcher. Batis capensis (Linnaeus) . 2 41. Black-throated Wattle-eye. Platysteira peltata Sundevall 8 42. Chestnut Wattle-eye. Dyaphorophyia castanea (Fraser) 10 43. Jameson's Wattle-eye. Dyaphorophyia jamesoni Sharpe . 20 44. White-tailed Crested Flycatcher. Trochocercus albonotatus Sharp 3 45. Dusky Crested Flycatcher. Trochocercus nigromitratus (Reichenow) 13 46. Paradise Flycatcher. Tchitrea viridis (Muller) ... 1 47. Red-winged Paradise Flycatcher. Tchitrea suahelica (Reichenow) 3 48. Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher. Tchitrea nigriceps (Hartlaub) 1 49. Olive Thrush. Turdus olivaceus (Linnaeus) •.. 15 50. Abyssinian Ground-Thrush. Geokichla piaggiae (Bouvier) 1 51. White-tailed Ant-Thrush. Neocossyphus poensis (Strickland) 1 52. White-browed Robin-Chat. Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub .. 6 53. Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat. Cossypha cyanocampter (Bonaparte) 7 54. Red-capped Robin-Chat. Cossypha natalensis Smith . 37 55. Snowy-headed Robin-Chat. Cossypha niveicapilla (Lafresnaye) 2 56. Robin-Chat. Cossypha caffra (Linnaeus) ... 6 57. Equatorial Akalat. Sheppardia aequaton'alis (Jackson) 29 58. Brown-chested Alethe. Alethe poliocephala (Bonaparte) ... 27 59. Eastern Bearded Scrub-Robin. Erythropygia quadrivirgata (Reichenow) 5 60. White-starred Bush-Robin. Pognocichla stellata (Vieillot) . 12 61. African Reed Warbler. Acrocephalus baeticatus (Vieillot) . 1 62. Brown Woodland Warbler. Seicercus umbrovirens (Ruppell) 4 63. Black-collared Apalls. Apalis pulchra Sharpe 2 64. Grey-capped Warbler. Eminia Jepida Hartlaub .. 1 65. Olive-green Camaroptera. Camaroptera chloronota Reichenow . 23 66. Grey-backed Camaroptera. Camaroptera brevicaudata (Cretzschmar) 2 67. Hunter's Cisticola. Cisticola hunteri Shelley 1 68. Banded Prinia. Prinia bairdii (Cassin) .... 7 69. Black-faced Rufous Warbler. Bathmocercus rufus (Reichenow) 22 70. Angola Swallow. Hirundo angolensis Bocage . 4 71. African Sand Martin. Riparia paludicola (Vieillot) 2 J. E. Afr. oot. Hist. Soc. Vol. XXVI No.2 (114) Page 49 72. Square-tailed Drongo. Dicrurus ludwigii (Smith) 1 73. Tropical Boubou. Laniarius aethiopicus (Gmelin) .. 7 74. Violet-backed Starling. Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (Boddaert) 3 75. Green White-eye. Zosterops virens Sundevall 2 76. Kikuyu White-eye. Zosterops kikuyuensis Sharpe 2 77. Bronze Sunbird. Nectarinia kilimensis Shelley .. 1 78. Eastern Double-collared Sunbird. Cinnyris mediocris Shelley 2 79. Olive Sunbird. Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith) . 26 80. Collared Sunbird. Anthreptes co/laris (Vieillot) . 3 81. Green Hylia. Hylia prasioo (Cassin) .. 4 82. Dark-backed Weaver. Symplectes bicolor (Vieillot) .. 1 83. Black-billed Weaver. Heterhyphantes melanogaster (Shelley) 4 84. Reichenow's Weaver. Othyphantes reichenowi (Fischer) 8 85. Grey-headed Negro-Finch. Nigrita canicapilla (Strickland) 2 86. Red-headed Blue-Bill. Spermophaga ruficapilla (Shelley) . 14 87. Abyssinian Crimson-Wing. Cryptospiza salvadorii Reichenow 2 88. Peter's Twin-Spot. Hypargos niveoguttatus (Peters) . 1 89. Purple Grenadier. Granatina ianthinogaster (Reichenow) 1 90. Streaky Seed-Eater. Serinus striolatus (Ruppell) 1 91. Thick-billed Seed-Eater. Serinus burtoni (Gray). 1 TOTAL 947 GRAND TOTAL, LISTS 1 AND 2 2~ NOTE: The English and binomial names used in Table 1 are as used by Praed and Grant in their "Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa", 1952. In List 1 it should be noted that no attempt has been made to separate the population of Yellow Wagtails into the various forms which occur in Kenya. In List 2: African Birds, number 5, Quail is in fact C. c. africana Temminck & Schlegel the Cape Quail; and number 70, Angola Swallow is H. a. arcticinta Sharpe the Uganda Swallow. Binomials have been used in the Table for the sake of uniformity. As far as is known all birds were caught in mist nets apart from the African Spoonbill pulli. The bulk of the palaearctic migrants ringed belong to four species: Yellow Wagtails, Swallow, Sand Martin and Little Stint. Most of the Yellow Wagtails were ringed by E. J. Blencowe and A. Carter in 1960 and 1961 at the Eastleigh Sewage Works, Nairobi. Although several birds were retrapped during the same winter, netting was not carried out for long enough over the second winter or in ensuing years to retrap birds after their long trip to their breeding grounds and back. In the 1960 to 1961 season ringing started on 19th November, 1960 and continued until 3rd April, 1961. Table II shows the number of Yellow Wagtails
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