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right under the equator, and distant 5500 miles), com- 

 piled by Mr F. J. Jackson, C. B., whose acquaintance 

 I have recently had the pleasure of making at Nairobi 

 {Ibis, 1899, p. 5S7 ; 1 901, p. zz) ■— 



Tree-Pipit, Mount Elgon (8000 feet) . observed Feb. 14 



Willow-Wren, Machakos . . „ Mar. 20 



Sedge- Warbler, Ukamba . . „ Jan. 7 



Marsh-Warbler „ „ „ 5 



Wheatear, Athi Plains . . . „ „ 21 



Grey Wagtail, Mau „ Sept. 30 



Since writing" the above, I have myself met with 

 several of the above in East Equatorial Africa, especially 

 the wheatear and tree-pipit, grey and (I think) yellow 

 wagtails, as well as our common swallow in thousands. 

 This was in January, February, and March. The 

 whinchat also has lately been found beyond the equator, 

 namely, in Uganda, on the Ruwenzori range (together 

 with tree-pipit and willow- wren), by my friend, Mr 

 Geoffrey F. Archer. This was on March 14th {Ibis, 

 1906, p. 545)- 1 



Still further away, in the Transvaal, at Irene, near 

 Johannesburg (distant over 7000 miles), two of the 

 above species are recorded as occurring at Christmas, 

 to wit : the tree-pipit and sedge-warbler.' — {Bulletin 

 British Ornithologists Club, cxviii.) 



These scientifically-recorded facts, quoted above, afford 

 food for reflection ; and so also, following in precisely the 

 same trend, may the second note. In 1905, at Houxty, 

 in the same hollow birch, a pair of redstarts nested 

 for the fourth consecutive year. Apparently these in- 

 dividual redstarts had four times succeeded in flying to 



1 Archer was my companion when, on Lake Baringo, we were twice 

 charged, and all but caught, by a lone bull elephant. — August 22nd, 1904. 



