50 Mr. r. J. Jackson on Birds 



Bradyornis oatesi Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 510 (Zulu- 

 land). 



No. 72. ^ ad. Gil Gil River, April 21, 1896. Bill 

 black, base of lower mandible born-blue ; feet black ; iris 

 brown. Saw tbree or four of tliem together flying along in 

 front of me after the manner of Honey-guides. 



No. 341. c? ^^- Kamassia, 6500 feet, Aug. 24, 1896. 



No. 475. c? ad. Eavine, Man, Feb. 21, 1897. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black. 



No. 592. (? ad. Ravine, March 31, 1897. 



153. Bradyornis subalaris. 



Brady amis subalaris Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 713, 

 pi. clviii. fig. 1. 



No. 310. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 20, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black. Fairly plentiful. 



[The wing in this specimen measures 3*2 inches, and I 

 cannot see any difference between Mr. Jackson^s bird and 

 the typical example of B. snbalaris. — R. B. S.] 



154. Bradyornis pallidus. 



Bradyornis pallidus (v. Miill.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afr. p. 151 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 93 (1896) ; 

 Jackson, Ibis, 1898, p. 139 (Witu) ; Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 

 1900, p. 150; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 259. 



No. 593. $ ad. Ravine, Mau, March 3, 1897. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black. 



[This seems to be the large form of brown Bradyornis, 

 which is the true B. pallidus of Miiller. Wing 3*75 inches. 

 (C/. Ogilvie Grant, /. s. e.)— R. B. S.] 



155. Bradyornis ater. 



Melcenornis ater (Sundev.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afr. p. 151 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 93 (1896). 

 Melanornis ater tropicalis 0. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 256. 

 No. 55. J ad. Kibwesi, 3000 feet, March 15, 1892, 

 No. 58. c? ad. „ „ „ 16, 1892. 



No. 62. ? ad. „ „ „ 17, 1892. 



No. 70. <S ad. „ „ ,, 23, 1892. 



