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Item The Birds of Teso District Uganda(1976) Clive, F.M.; Kenya Soil SurveyTeso District, an area of approximately 140000 km2 in east-central Uganda, has been sadly neglected by ornithologists, and will probably remain so for some time to come. Almost all other parts of the country have been better covered. One reason for the lack of interest in the district, may be the geography which is comparatively uninteresting, but this is more than amply compensated for by its amiable indigenous inhabitants.Item The Comparative Breeding Ecology of Two Species of Euplectes (Bishop Birds) in Usambara(1938) Moreau, R.E.; Moreau, W.M.; East African Agricultural Research Station, AmaniEUPLECTES NIGROVENTRIS CASSIN, the Zanzibar red bishop, and Eh hordeacea (Linn.), the crimson-crowned bishop, are weavers of the subfamily Ploceinae. On the biology of the former species nothing appears to have been recorded hitherto except the notes reproduced by Reichenow (1904) and those of Vaughan (1929), who (rightly) suspected it to be polygamous. For Euplectes hordeacea we take the work of Lack (1935) as basis and amplify only certain points. Our study is more incomplete than we should have wished because we could not make continuous observations and because of an unexpected technical difficulty. The males of both these bishop birds have a highly conspicuous red breeding dress and are at other times practically indistinguishable in the field from females and young. Both are territory-holding species dependent on grasses for their food and their nesting materials. The architecture of their nests, which are similar except in size, demands close upright vegetation. The rather restricted geographical range of E. nigroventris is wholly contained in that of E. hordeacea. The two species may often be found side by side, but in our experience there is little ecological overlap; the smaller E. nigroventrisItem Contributions to the Ornithology of the East African Islands(1940) Moreau, R.E.; East African Agricultural Research Institute AmaniThe sea-bird breeding stations in East African waters are enumerated. Between the Lamu archipelago, where many species nest, and the Rovuma the most important station is Latham Island with its Booby colony (S. dactylatra melanops), which existed at least 115 years ago. Less than half a dozen terneries (mainly S. dougallii and S. fuscata) are known, and no gallery. Reef-Herons, the only sea-birds to breed on bushcovered islets or in mangroves, are more widespread than the other species. The Terns lay about July, the Reef-Herons a month earlier, and the Gannets about four months later in most years.Item Numerical Data on African Birds' Behaviour at the Nest: Hirundo S. Smithii Leach, the Wire-Tailed Swallow.(1939) Moreau, R.E.; East African Agricultural Research StationThe observations on which this series of papers is based have been made almost entirely by Africans who are able to read and write Swahili. Equipped with note-book, pencil, and ordinary watch, they have made observations for continuous spells of five hours and upwards in the day, and noted the time at which every event occurred, especially the arrival and departure of parent birds. Compared with mechanical systems of recording, the use of African observers has the obvious disadvantage of human fallibility. But I am satisfied from the frequent surprise visits that I paid and from the short spells of watching I was able!, to do myself, that the Africans' records are faithful; and their work has the great advantage over mechanical records that as they became interested; which they did to a surprising and gratifying degree, they began to amplify their bare records of standard events with notes that were often significant. It may be added that the average cost of the observations is less than 1 ½ per hour.
