obtained in British East Africa. 4-7 



are probably its soutlieru limit. At Lamu it is very coinmoiij 

 and it is also very plentiful iu the bushy country of Karakan, 

 a district of the Silk country which is in the same latitude as 

 Somali-landj where it was first obtained. At Lamu I once 

 found a nest with two young in it. It was placed in a 

 small bush, quite exposed to view, and was built of small 

 twigs, fibres, &c., being not unlike that of our Bullfinch. 



149. Telephonus minutus. 



Tdephonus minutus Hartl.; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 39 

 (Mengo) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 159 (1894) ; Ogilvie 

 Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 146. 



Bocagia miiiuta Shelley, B, Africa, i. p. 55 (1896). 



No. 140. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 2, 1896. First 

 seen. Bill black ; feet slate-colour ; iris pink. 



No. 640. ? ad. Nandi, May 6, 1897. Feet dark horn- 

 blue. Hare. Nest and two eggs. Nest woven on to three 

 dead stalks like Reed- Warbler's and made entirely of rootlets 

 and cobwebs. 



No. 969. [ ? ad.] Nandi, 6500 feet, April 12, 1898. 



No. 1024. ? ad. „ „ April 22, 1898. Feet 



dusky horn- blue. Is very partial to marshes and is rarely 

 seen far from them. 



No. 1054. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, May 2, 1898. 



No. 1113. ? ad. Kakamega, May 15, i898. 



No. 1205. c? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 12, 1898. 

 Breeding. Nest, containing two eggs, placed in a small 

 bush in a swamp. Very much exposed. 



Fam. Prionopid^. 



150. PrIONOPS PULIOLOPHUS. 



Prionops poliolophus Fischer & Reichen. J. f. O. 1884, 

 p. 180 (Lake Naivasha) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 162 (1894) (Lake Naivasha); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 49 

 (1896) ; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 275. 



No. 65. ? ad. Kedong Valley, April 17, 1896. Iris 

 bright yellow ; eyelids dark slate-colour ; bill black ; feet 

 orange. Obtained out of small flock. 



