ARRIVAL AT FADIBEK. 247 A sharp turn to the north took us out of the proper road through luxuriant corn-fields and past fine masses of rock, where huge fig-trees and tamarinds were growing, to the village of Uallo, the chief of which wished to submit to our Government, but wanted to see me first. After the necessary details had been discussed, our new ally conducted us to Khor Wodbala, a broad swamp, on the western edge of which we intended to pass the night, While gathering wood, I found -in the hollow of a tree, about six feet above the ground, three fully feathered fledglings of the Dacelo chelicutensis, with striped heads, white collars, the lower part of their beaks and outer feathers of their pinions being blue. Hence it is quite certain that this bird builds its nest in hollow trees, or at least. can do so occasionally, a fact quite in accordance with its habits. Hilly country stretches from the khor towards Jebel Lalak as far as a deep ravine, which separates it from the corn-fields lying at the foot of that mountain. Quantities of bamboo and Anona were growing along this road. We ought to have been able to get porters at the village of Jangbi, but failing to do so, we went on through high grass and rushes until we reached the fields of Fadibék, and striking across the hills that radiate from Jebel Latjiet, and on rocky parts of which were some fine khaya-trees, we descended the hill, and after passing Chief Aguok’s village, we reached the station of Fadibek just in time to escape a downpour of rain.

I gave some information about Fadibék on the occasion of my last year’s expedition; I have therefore only to add that the station has prospered, and still remains the centre for the eastern Shuli district. The continual rain made outdoor work disagreeable, but I had one good ornithological find in the graceful Ptilopachys ventralis, whose sharp cry at coupling time is heard from the crags in the Shuli country. It is the best game found here. I also found a large spider, a new species.

Our route from Fadibék to Fajuli should have taken us first to Jebel Abayo, in the district of Labongo, which we visited last year, and then we were to leave the Fatiko road on the right. But the path proved to be rather different from that followed last year, for it led across the Abanya hill, and