Poultry and Non-ruminants
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Item Contributions to the Ornithology of the East African Islands.(1940) Amani; Moreau, R.E.The 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 gullery. Reef‐Herons, the only sea‐birds to breed on bush‐covered 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. Early records of birds in Zanzibar and Pemba are discussed specifically. The recent extinction of Francolins in Zanzibar is taken as proved. The land‐birds of Mafia and the neighbouring islets are listed and discussed, mainly on the basis of a recent collection. The avifauna is purely East African, devoid of endemics, and, considering the size of Mafia and its proximity to the mainland, astonishingly depauperate in some respects. Thirteen families (including Psittacidæ, Coliidæ, Picidæ, Alaudidæ, Timaliidæ, and Zosteropidæ) and several other coastal species are not represented. The phenology is discussed.Item The Dwarf Parrots (Agapornis) of Tanganyika(1945) Moreau R.E; AMANILovebirds", the English name by which these most attractive birds L are usually known, is a literal translation of their generic name. Agapornis, but I cannot think it an altogether happy one. For one thing it conveys an idea of maudlin sentiment-and to no birds is this less appropriate; for another, and more important, the name "lovebird" is to some extent pre-empted by the budgerigars, which are Australian. Other peoples' names for the Agapornis, Inseperable and Unzertrennlicher ("inseparable"), are not open to these objections.Item The Nesting of African Birds in Association with other Living Things(1942) Amani; Moreau, R.E.A MASS of evidence on the nesting associations of birds with social insects was brought together from all parts of the world and discussed by Myers (1929, 1935). His records were re-analyzed, with the addition of some for Africa, by Moreau (1936), since when a quantity of other African data, to be cited below, has come to light. It seems worth while to re-open the discussion, partly in the hope that this very interesting feature of bird biology may receive more critical attention in the field in future and partly to take the opportunity of adducing for comparison what is known of the nesting of African birds in association with animals of other classes besides insects. The records in. this paper are, therefore, arranged in four groups of associationsItem Rearing Turkeys in Uganda(1962) Trail, J. C. M.The turkey is a comparatively easy bird to rear in Uganda using conventional poultry equipment, provided correct management and feeding methods are applied. In company with ,the goose, the turkey makes by far the most efficient use of food of any farm poultry, and in fact is not surpassed in its ability to convert food into meat by any farm animal (Feltwell).Item Some Observations on Poultry(1940) French M. H.Poultry husbandry has been included in the scheme of work at Mpwapwa for a number of years, and the underlying principle has been the improvement of fowls for all sections of the community. The results discussed below are taken from the work designed to help European farmers. Pure breeds of Rhode Island, White Leghorn, Light Sussex, and Silver and Golden Cambars are maintained, but these observations are confined to the first two breeds, because insufficient data have been collected for the other types.
