BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 337 



Zedlitz ^- found this mouse bird to be not uncommon in southern 

 Somaliland. At Salakle, southern Somaliland, Erlanger ^^ obtained 

 two young birds on June 6, a date which corresponds quite closely 

 to Mearns' capture of two juvenal birds at Bodessa, southern Ethi- 

 opia, in late May, both of which, together, suggest that the nesting 

 season in that general region must begin in March or very early 

 in April. 



Mearns recorded this mouse bird on many occasions. The follow- 

 ing notes are taken from his diary. Abaya Lakes, March 18-26, 20 

 seen; near Gardula, March 26-29, 10 birds; Gato Kiver, March 29 

 to May 17, 500; Bodessa and Sagon River, May 18 to June 6, 285; 

 Tertale, June 7-12, 130 ; El Ade, June 12-14, 40 ; Mar Mora, June 

 15, 30 seen; Turturo, June 15-17, 40; Anole, June 17, 20 birds; 

 Wobok, June 18, 50 ; near Saru, June 19, 50 ; Yebo, June 20, 10 seen ; 

 Karsa Barecha, June 21, 20 birds; Chaffa, June 23, 4 seen; Lake 

 Rudolf, southeast, July 5-12, 850 birds; Indunumara Mountains, 

 July 13-14, 400; plains at base and south of Endoto Mountains, 

 July 21-24, 500; Er-re-re, July 25, 400; Le-se-dun, July 26, 300; 

 Malele and district to the south for 45 miles, 300; Lekiundu River, 

 August 8, 1,000; Meru, August 9, 50 birds; Tharaka district, August 

 12-13, 90 birds. 



Order TROGONIFORMES 

 Family TROGONIDAE 



APALODERMA NARINA NARINA (Stephens) 



Trogon narina Stephens, in Shaw's Geul. Zool., vol. 9, p. 14, 1815 : Anteniquoi, 

 i. e., Knysua district (ex Levaillant). 



Specimens collected: 



One adult male. Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, no date, Cepharino col- 

 lection. 



One adult male, Botalo, Sidamo Province, Ethiopia, March 4, 1912. 



One adult female, Aletta, Ethiopia, March 11, 1912, 



One adult male. Loco, Ethiopia, March 13, 1912. 



Two immature males, one adult female, one immature female, 

 Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 23-31, 1912. 



One adult female, Equator, INIeru Forest, Kenya Colony, August 

 9, 1912. 



Soft jjarts: Immature male, iris brown; bill olivaceous black, 

 tipped on both mandibles with horn color, yellow at base below and 

 on sides; feet brownish flesh color. Immature female, iris brown; 



^2Journ. f. Ornith., 1915, pp. 21-22. 

 "Idem, 1905, p. 486. 



