78 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



Nos. 732, 733. 6 ad. Lake Naivasha, kwg. 7, 1897. 



No. 814. S afl. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 29, 1897. 



No. 1011. ? ud. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 19, 1898. One 

 of a pair breeding near tlie fort. Failed to find its nest, 

 which is made in a rat- or other hole in the ground. 



[1 am afraid that the white tips to the tail-feathers, on 

 which Mr. Oscar Neumann relies for his Saxicola albinotata, 

 are not a stable character. Not all of Mr. Jackson^s specimens 

 show them, while, on the contrary, they are present in many 

 South-African examples, and are, I believe, only a sign of 

 fresh plumage, disappearing with age. — R. B. S.] 



213. Myrmecocichla nigra. 



Myrmecocichla nigra (V.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afr. p. 235 (1894) (Bukoba) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 91 

 (1896); Ilartert, Ansorge's Afr. Sun, p. 354 (1899); id. 

 Nov. Zool. vii. p. 52 (1900) ; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 312. 



a. S ad. Ntebi, April 24, 1895. 



b. S ad. „ Aug. 27, 1895. 



214. Myrmecocichla cryptolkuca. 



Myrmecocichla cryptoleuca Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 163 ; 

 Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 234 (1894) (Lake 

 Naivasha) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 91 (1896) ; Hartert, 

 Ansorge's Afr. Sun, p. 354 (1899) ; id. Nov. Zool. vii. 

 p. 52 (1900) ; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 312; Hinde, Ibis, 

 1900, p. 498. 



a. $ ad. Lake Naivasha, Nov. 4, 1894. Iris brown ; 

 bill black ; feet olive-black. 



No. 527. $ juv. Ravine, March 12, 1897. 



No. 633. ? ad. „ April 15, 1897. Plentiful. 



No. 672. ? ad. „ July 19, 1897. 



No. 1090. $ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 9, 1898. 



Nos. 1271, 1272. $ ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 7, 

 1898. Fairly plentiful in Nandi. Confined to open ground, 

 where it may be seen sitting on some bush, dead twig, or 

 ant-heap. Except during the breeding-season, these birds go 

 about in small companies, perhaps family-parties, of three or 



