The only specimen (a female) which I have examined, was kindly lent 

 to me by Capt. G. B. Shelley; it is one of Dr. Bohm's birds obtained at 

 Gonda, and is identical, Capt. Shelley tells me, with the type in the Berlin 

 Museum. -■■'' 



This bird is described in the ' Journal fiir Ornithologie ' 1885, by 

 Dr. Reichenow, who says that the specimen brought home by Capt. 

 Speke in 1864, from Unyamuezi, which is now in the Bremen Museum, 

 belongs to this species, and has remained under the name of Alecto 

 dinemelU, Sclater, until lately. He also tells us that " The district where 

 Textor Bochmi is found, extends over the territory between Tanjanyika 

 and Victoria N'yanza," and it has since been discovered by Dr. Fischer 

 at " Loeru, Massai-country, and builds its nest in Umbrella- Acacias near 

 Seriau." 



Capt. Speke's bird was " shot at Tura, in Unyamuezi, where it goes 

 about in small flocks." 



No. Sex. Mus. Country. Length. Wing. Tail. Tars. Culm. 



1. 2 Or. E. Shelley. Gonda {B5hm). 8-4 4 8 37 1'3 9 



The figure (PI. I., fig. 2) is taken from the above female, f size. 



