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159. Sylvia simplex. 



Sylvia hortensis Reichen. \o^. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 231 

 (1894) (Kageyi); O. Neiim. J. f. O. 1900, p. 310 (Kavi- 

 rondo) . 



Sylvia simplex Lath.; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 81 (1896). 

 No. 564. S afl- Ravine, Man, March 27, 1897. Iris 

 brown; bill olive-brown, lower mandible yellowish-wliite 

 horn, with dusky tip ; feet pale horn-blue.— May 28th. Very 

 plentiful and in full song like a Garden-Warbler. Very shy 

 and creeps off out of sight directly it catches a glimpse of 

 the intruder. Very difficult to see in the thick foliage 

 amongst which it sits whilst singing. 



No. 598. S ad. Ravine, Man, April 2, 1897. Bill dark 

 horn-blue, lower mandible horn-blue. 



Nos. 607, 608. c? ? ad. Ravine, Mau, April 4, 5, 1897. 

 [In addition to the synonym of Bradyornis woodwardi, 

 which I had to merge in that of Sylvia simplex, I have also 

 to state that my Muscicapa ussheri (P. Z. S. 1882, p. 591) is 

 nothing but a Garden-Warbler, as my friend Capt, Shelley 

 has pointed out to me. The typical specimen is in full 

 moult, and therefore there was no chance of recognising the 

 proportions of the primaries, while the plumage looks very 

 pale and peculiar. — R. B. S.] 



160. Phylloscopus trochilus. 



Pliylloscopus trochilus (L.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 56 (1881) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 153 (Machako's) ; 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 59 (Uganda) ; id. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afr. p. 232 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 80 (1896); 

 Hartert, Afr. Sun, App. p. 354 (1899) ; Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 

 1890, p. 152; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 310; Hinde, Ibis, 

 1900, p. 497. 



No. 43. S ad. Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 10, 1892. 



No. 52. ? ad. „ „ „ 12, 1892. 



Iris brown ; bill dusky brown, lower mandible paler, with 

 yellowish tint ; feet olive-brown, claws paler. The Willow- 

 Wren was very plentiful at Kibwezi in the second week in 

 March, where it was evidently on its way north. On 



