obtained in British East Africa, 51 



156. Mel^nornis edoloides. 



Melanornis edoloides Swains.; Sharpe^ Ibis^ 1891, p. 602; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 93 (1896). 



No. 1237. c? ad- Nandi, 6500 feet, June 26, 1898. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black. 



This bird and another had been noticed in the kitchen- 

 garden very early (before sunrise) on three mornings; they 

 sat on a tree-stump and darted at insects like a Drongo. 

 One also settled on the ground for a moment. 



Fam. SvLviiDiE. 



157. AiioON PSAMMOCHROA. 



Aedon psammochroa Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 139. 



Sylvia psammochroa Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 231 (1894). 



«. ? . Ngomeni, April 3, 1892. 



[This species appears to be distinct from A. galactodes and 

 A. familiaris. It is a browner bird than either of them, 

 and has the whole of the throat, breast, and flanks vinaceous 

 isabelline. — R. B. S.] 



158. Sylvia atricapilla. 



Sylvia atricajnlla L. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 23 (1881) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 231 (1894) 

 (Victoria Nyanza) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 81 (1896); O. 

 Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 310 (Kibwezi, Kilimanjaro); 

 Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 151. 



No. 590. (?• Ravine, Man, March 31, 1897. Iris 

 brown ; bill brownish black, the lower mandible horn-blue ; 

 feet pale horn-blue. 



No. 606. ? . Ravine, April 4, 1897. Iris brown ; bill 

 dusky black, the lower edge of upper mandible and lower 

 mandible horn- blue; feet pale horn-blue. 



[The first record of our Black-cap wintering in the Mau 

 district. Lord Delamere, however, has sent several speci- 

 mens from the Athi River, and Mr. Oscar Neumann records 

 it at Kibwezi in South Ukamba in December, and again 

 at Moschi on Kilimanjaro in the same month. — R. B. S.] 



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