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primaries, black with pure wliite tips ; outer secondaries black with outer 

 margins yellow, margin of inner web white, tips white; inner secondaries 

 outer web almost entirely yellowish, inner web black with broad wliite margins, 

 except the two innermost, which are greyish at the base, rest of outer web 

 yellowish, inner web white with yellowish tinge, tips of all white. The black of 

 the inner web of the third innermost secondary is visible when the wing is 

 closed, thus forming a black spot. Inner primary coverts black, white tips. 

 Eyes brown ; legs flesh-yellow ; bill salmon-yellow. 



Wing 71 mm. 



Adult female : Almost entirely yellowish olive-green, darker on the crown 

 and rest of head, brighter on the undersurface, abdomen yellower. Wings as 

 in male but the yello^v-oUve replaced by oUve-green, rest of wing similar. 



Wing 70 and 71 mm. 



These birds were found in the forests on Elgon, usually in pairs. They were 

 not common. 



The locaUties from which tliis species has been taken are West Elgon and 

 Kakamega Forest, in North Kavirondo. 



28. Emberiza flaviventris Steph. (Yellow-breasted Bunting). 

 (J 1, imm. o 1. Fairly common. 



MOTACILI.IDAX:. 



1. Motacilla alba alba Linn. (Wliite Wagtail). 

 (J 3, ? 2. Several were seen during the winter and early spring. The 

 males were in full plumage by March. 



2. Motacilla longicauda Riipp. (Black-winged White Wagtail). 

 (J 2, ? 1. Not very common. 



.'!. Motacilla vidua Sund. (African Pied Wagtail). 

 (J I. A common species. 



4. Motacilla fiava einereocapilla Savi. (Grey-headed Yellow Wagtail). 

 ^ 1 . Not so common as the next species, but frequently overlooked when 

 the birds are in off plumage. 



5. Motacilla fiava flava Lin. (Blue- headed Yellow Wagtail). 

 (J 1, 5 2. Very common, the males are usually in full plumage in April. 



6. Motacilla flava campestris Pall. (Yellow Wagtail). 

 (J 3, ? 3. Quite the most common wagtail during migration, but few 

 stay to winter in Uganda. 



7. Motacilla melanope Pall. (Grey Wagtail). 

 <J 2, ? 1. Not by any means a common migrant. 



