obtained in Britit^h East Africa. 69 



in the male. The tail in the male is 2'6-2"9 inches in length 

 and 2-25-2-35 iu the female.— R. B. S.] 



191. CaMAROPTERA BRBVICAUDATA. 



Camaroptera brevicaudata (Riipp.) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. 

 p. 69 (1896) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1898, p. 138 (Witu) ; Ogilvie 

 Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 157. 



No. 36. ? ad. Ravine, Man, March 17, 1896. Iris 

 hazel, eyelids yellowish brown; bill black, lower mandible 

 horn-blue j feet dusky. 



No. 565. S ad. Ravine, March 27, 1896. 



No. 619. S ad. Ravine, April 10, 1897. A bird fond of 

 creeping about amongst dead brushwood and scrub. 



No. 626. ? ad. Ravine, April 13, 1897. 



No. 758. ? ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 11, 1897. 



Nos. 1079, S; 1089, ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 6, 9, 

 1898. Iris bright hazel, eyelids ochreous ; bill dark brown, 

 lower mandible horn-blue ; feet bluish flesh-colour. 



192. Syi-viella baraka. 



Sylviella virens Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 56 (nee Cass.) ; 

 O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 306. 



Sylviella baraka Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. vii. p. vi (1897). 



a. $ ad. Ntebi, Feb. 14, 1895. Iris hazel; bill dusky, 

 lower mandible yellowish ; feet brownish flesh-colour. 



b. S ad. Ntebi, April 21, 1895. 



[Mr. Ogilvie Grant, Il)is, 1900, p. 156, states that this 

 species *' appears to be founded on immature examples of 

 S. virens (Cass.)." I still see no reason for doubting that 

 the two species are quite distinct. — R. B. S.] 



193. Sylviella jacksoni. 



Sylviella jacksoni Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. vii. p. vii (1897) ; 

 O. Neum. J. f. 0. 1900, p. 305. 



No. 32. S ad. Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 7, 1892. 



Nos. 59, 60. S ? ad. Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 16, 

 1892. 



[Mr. Ogilvie Grant (Ibis, 1900, p. 154) has given areview 

 of the genus Sylviella, and in the main points of his revision I 



