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72. Mellitophagus oreobatea Sharpe. 



MeUitophagus oreobates Sharpe, Ibis, p. 320, 1902. [Elgon.] 

 Two from Pesi swamp, Laikipia, October 3 and 10. 'Irides crimson, 

 bill black, feet horn color." One is immature with green under tail 

 coverts and green down the middle of the breast. 



73. MeUitophagus cyanostiotus (Cab.). 



Merops cyanostidus Cabanis, von der Decken's Reisen, III, p. 34, 1869. 

 [Mombasa and Dschagga.] 



Tana river, June 3 and 22. "Irides crimson, bill and feet black." 



CAPRIMULGID^. 



74. Caprimulgus fraenatus Salvad. 



Caprimulgus frcenatus Salvador!, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., p. 118, 1884. [Shea.] 

 Two specimens from the Tana river, June 6, appear to belong here. 

 'Trides hazel, bill dusky, feet pinkish brown." 



75. Caprimulgus poliooephalus Rupp. 



Caprimulgus poliocephalus Riipp, Neue WirbeUh. Vogel, p. 106, 1835. 

 [Kulla, Abyssinia.] 



El Bolossa swamp, September 6. 'Trides dusky, bill hazel, feet 



pinkish horn." 



COLIID^. 



76. Colius leuootis affinis (Shelley). 



Colius affinis Shelley, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XVII, p. 342, 1892. [White 

 Nile to E. Africa.] 



Three adults from Thika river, May 25, and three young in the 



Juvenal plumage from the Tana, June 9. 'Trides dark hazel, bill ash 



gray, upper mandible black except at the base of the ridge, feet red." 



MUSOPHAGID^. 



77. Turacus hartlaubi (Fisch. and Reich.). 



Corythaix Hartlaubi Fisch. and Reich., J. f. 0., p. 52, 1884. [Meru Berg, 

 Massai .] 



Two from El Bolossa swamp, September 5, and two from Guaso 

 Nyiro, October 19. 'Trides hazel, orbits crimson, bill dull red, feet 

 dark horn." 



78. CMzaerhis leucogaster (Rupp.). 



Chizoerhis leucogaster Riipp., P. Z. S., p. 9, 1842. [Abyssinia.] 

 Tana river, June 21. "Irides hazel, bill and feet black." 



CUOULID^. 



79. Chrysooocyx klaas (Steph.). 



Cuculus Klaas Steph., Gen. Zool., IX, p. 128, 1815. [Senegal.] 

 Morandat river, July 28; Pesi swamp, September 1 and 27. 'Tris 

 hazel, orbits pale green, bill green, dusky at tip, feet greenish ash." 



