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There is in this race the same difference in the feathering 

 as in M. lafresnayei oreobates where one might speak of a green 

 and a blue type In the latter, however, the plumage was not 

 abraded and is was thus not clear that this change of colour 

 was due to the moult. 



In this case there seems to be no doubt that this greyish 

 blue tint is a colour appearing at about the time of — or some- 

 what earlier than — the moult. The superciliary stripe is 

 rather wide and distinct — even in the young bird. 

 Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



76, 77, 77 mm. 8—9 mm. 29—30 mm. 



Irides blood-red; bill black; legs darkgrey-black, 



Melittophagus hullochoides (A. Smith). — Rchw. II. p. 311. 

 2 (5(5 ad. 22. 4. Lake Naiwasha. 



Even these two specimens are in moult and the dresses 

 are abraded. At Lake Naiwasha this bird was seen now and 

 again, but it was very shy. It frequented the groves, which at 

 certain points reach right down to the water. 



Wing 115, 116 mm. tarsus 11, 12 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill black; legs dark-brown. 



Merops superciliosus superciliosus L. — Rchw. II. p. 325. 



Chooro . . . ki-kavirondo. 

 2 (5(5 ad. 21. 8., 23. 8. ; 1 Q ad. 23. 8. ; 1 Q ad. 25. 8. Eendu (Victoria Nyauza). 



This race was one of the commonest occurring round Kisumu 

 and Kendu on Victoria Nyanza. I have seen it in the open 

 field, where only an occasional bush grew, in the groves and 

 right down by the water. At times it appeared in the midst of 

 the negro villages, often 4 or 5 of them together. 



In the stomachs of the individuals shot I found only the 

 remains of locusts. 



They are all in full dress. 



Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



132, 139 mm. 11 — 12 mm. 46—49 mm. dcf. 

 126, 131 mm. 11 mm. 48 mm. 9- 



Irides bloodred; bill and legs black. 



Upupidae. 



Upupa africana Bechst, — Rchw. II. p. 336. 

 1 (5 10. 9. Mount Kenia. 



One specimen was procured from the neighbourhood of 

 Mount Kenia. 



