British-East-African Birds. 499 



These noisy birds always seem to gather together in 

 numbers o£ 20 or 30 in a bush. A wounded bird will throw 

 itself on its back and fight with beak and claws like a 

 Hawk. 



24. Campicola livingstonei Tristr. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 163. 



ft, ^ ad.; b, ad. ; c, ? ad. Machako's, Aug. 1898. 



25. Pratincola axillaris Shelley; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 161. 



a, (^ ad.; b, ? ad.; c, ad. N'gong, Dec. 1898 and Jan. 

 1899. 



26. Melittophagus sharpei Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. x. 

 p. xxviii (1899). 



Melittophagus cyanostictus Cab. ; Hinde, t. c. p. 583. 

 a,b, S 'i ad. Athi river, Sept. 10, 1899. 



27. CoRYTHORNis CYANOSTiGMA (Rupp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 163 (1892). 



a,b, ^ ^ ad. Athi river, Aug. 5, 1899. 



28. Caprimulgus fr^natus Salvad.; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvi. p. 533 (1892). 



No. 165, c? . Athi river, Sept. 16, 1899. 



Common in river-beds, ravines, and all places where there 

 is thick cover. This bird rarely perches or sleeps except 

 on the ground. 



[Compared with a specimen from Machako's in the 

 Jackson collection and identified by Mr. E. Hartert. In the 

 "key" to the genus Caprimulgus (t. c. p. 525) C. frcBnatus 

 and C. rujigena ai-e placed among the species which have no 

 rufous collar; but this is a mistake, which is repeated in the 

 same author's 'Tierreich' (p. 39).— R. B. S.] 



29. TuRAcus HARTLAUBi Fisch. & Rciclien. ; Hinde, t. c. 

 p. 581. 



a, b. Nairobi forest, June 1898. 



30. Melierax NIGER (Bouu. et Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 535. 



a, ? ad. Machako's, July 18, 1898. 



