— 183 



Irides red (in cfcf a narrow ring of small red verruciform 

 growths along the borders of the eye-lids); bill coral-red; legs 

 black. 



Probably owing to some printing-error v. Someren called 

 this race G. ianthogaster m. It should surely be ianthinog aster. 



Hypochera ultramarina purpurascens Rchw. — 

 Journ. f. Ornithol. 1883, p. 221. 



Ochimbo . . . ki-kavirondo. — Gilili . . . ki-kamba. 

 2 (5(5 ad. 23. 8. Kendu. 



In the thorn-bush around the native community at Kendu 

 this race occurred very sparingly. As a rule I saw it perched 

 in the top of some little bush, either singly or in pairs. 



S c 1 a t e r and Mackworh-Praed (Ibis 1918, p. 448— 

 450) have given a good exposition of the different representatives 

 of this genus. — Both specimens are deep blue-glossy and have 

 the inner secondaries with wide blue glossy edges. The above- 

 mentioned authors consider this form as an intermediate between 

 H. u. ultramarina and H. f. funerea. 



After comparing it with the Berlin Museum specimens it 

 seems to me as if this torm is more allied to E. chalyheata 

 amauropteryx Sharpe, but I dare not express any definite opinion, 

 as at present I lack sufficient material for comparison. 

 Wing 68, 69 mm. tarsus 15 mm. 



Irides dark coffee -brown; bill whitish with faint roseate 

 blush; legs pale flesh-coloured. 



Vidua Serena L. — Rchw. III. p. 217. 



2 (5(5 ad. 10. 4. Nairobi, 5.500 ft. - 2 (5^ ad. 17. 5. and 6. 6. Mount 

 Elgon, 7.000 ft. 



In the Nairobi country, where this species was very common, 

 I saw the male -bird's pairing displays. As they have already 

 been observed and described by so many investigators I need not 

 deal with them here, except to mention, that when the male saw 

 that he was observed lie would fly a little distance off" and drop 

 to the ground, where he executed and continued the dance in 

 about the same manner as Drepanoplectes jacksoni, that is to 

 say, he would rise about a metre into the air then fall to the 

 ground. Without stopping he kept up in this way for a long 



