obtained in British East Africa. 75 



No. 34. S ad. Ravine, Mau, March 16, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill brownish black ; feet dark brown. All birds 

 appear to be moulting, and a great number of them are 

 now going about in pairs, March 16, 1896. 



No. 833. S ad. Samia Hills, Kavirondo. Feb. 3, 1898. 

 Bill dusky black, greenish horn at base ; feet black. 



No. 845. S ad. Nandi, 5500 feet, Feb. 2, 1898. Fairly 

 plentiful both singly and in pairs. Several seen up to end 

 of March, when they all disappeared. 



No. 846. S ad. Nandi, Feb. 9, 1898. 



No. 859. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 13, 1898. 



205. MONTICOLA RUnCINEREA. 



Monticola rvfocinerea (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 161 ; Reichen. Yog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 235 (1894) 

 (Lake Naivasha) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 89 (1896) ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 163. 



No. 322. S ad. Kamassia, 6000 feet, Aug. 23, 1896. 

 Iris brown; bill and feet black. Plentiful on the Man 

 plateau in open bush. 



206. Pratincola rubetra. 



Pratincola rubetra (L.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 234 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 85 (1896) ; Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. vii. p. 52 (1900); Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 167; 0. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 312. 



a,b. c? ? ad. Kampala, March 23, 1895. 



No. 1006. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 17, 1898. 

 June 1. With the exception of the Stonechat there are no 

 Chats about at this place. 



207. Pratincola axillaris. 



Pratincola axillaris Shelley; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 161 ; 

 Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 234 (1894) ; Shelley, B. 

 Africa, i. p. 86 (1896) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 52 (1900); 

 O. Neum. J. f. 0. 1900, p. 312 ; Hinde, Ibis, 1900, p. 499. 



No. 31. S ad. Ravine, Mau, March 9, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black. 



Nos. 150, S ad.; 151, ? imm. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 4, 

 1896. 



