- 196 - 



Motacilla longicauda Riipp. — Rchw. HI. p. 301. 

 Motacilla clara Sharpe: Ibis 1908, p. 341. 



2 ^(5 ad. 13. 6.; 2 QQ ad. 13. 6., 4. 7. Mount Elgon 6.500 ft. 



Sparingly met with by the mouDtain streams on the eastern 

 slopes of Elgon ; and according to Neumann (Journ. f. Orn. 

 1906, p. 230) it lives at an altitude of 1.800—2.600 feet. 



On the 6. 6. I found a nest of one of these birds in a 



little hut by a little stream. It was built on a thick beam about 



2 m. above the ground and consisted entirely of dry grass blades, 



lined with a few feathers, and resembled very much a nest of 



Motacilla alba alba. When first seen it contained one egg of 



the same size, form and colour as the last- mentioned bird. 



When I returned to the place two days later the nest was gone. 



Wing, tarsus, 



78, 80 mm. 21, 22 mm. cTcf. 



77, 78 mm. 21 mm. 99- 



Irides dark -brown; bill black, legs dark brownish grey 

 — leaden grey. 



Motacilla flava campestris Pall. — Rchw. 111. p. 306. 

 1 Q. ad. 19. 9. Kiambu. 



A flock of this race was found in the vicinity of Nairobi. 

 Undoubtedly migratory birds, that had already arrived in their 

 winter quarters. 



This specimen is only slightly yellow on the head (more 

 greenish). Back greyish olive-green. 



Wing 80 mm.; tarsus 23 mm. 



Irides dark -brown; bill brownish black, lower mandible 

 greyish blue at the base: legs black. 



Anthus rufulus raalteni Lay. — Rchw. III. 4), 313. 



Anthus rufulus cinnamomeus Riipp. — Lonnberg: Kongl. Sv. Vet. Akad. 

 Hand]., Bd. 47, No. 5, 1911, p. 112. — v. Someren: Ibis 1916, p. 342. — 

 Reichenow : op. cit. ; Vogelf. d. Mittelafr. Seengeb., 1912, p. 340. — Anthus 

 rufulus VieiU. Gurney: Ibis 1909, p. 296. 



Mbora . . . ki-kavirondo. — Mokica . . . ki-kamba. 



2 (5(5 ad^ 11. 4. Ngong. - 3 (5(5 ad. 23. 4. Lake Naiwasha. — ^ 66 ad. 28. 5., 

 22. 6., 27. 6. Mount Elgon 6.500—11.000 ft. — 1 (5 ad. 7. 8. Eldoret. — 

 2 66 ad. 21. 8., 23. 8. Kendu. — 3 QQ 20. 4., 23. 4. Lake Naiwasha. — 

 1 Q ad. 26. 5. Mount Elgon. - 1 Q ad. 26. 7. Soy. — 2 QQ ad. 21. 8., 

 28. 8, Kendu. — 16 juv. 16. 7. Mount Elgon. 



This Pipit was one of the commonest small birds at every 

 place we visited. It occurred as a rule at an altitude of 6.000 

 —8.000 feet, but on our journey to the summit of Elgon, Director 



