obtained in British East Africa. 81 



Lioptihis abyssinicus (Riipp.) ; Ogilvie Grant^ Ibis^ 1900, 

 p. 173. 



No. 407. 2 ad. Ravine, Oct. 21, 1896. Iris crimson- 

 brown ; bill black, lower mandible horn-blue ; feet horn- 

 blue. Plentiful. 



No. 625. Ad. Ravine, April 13, 1897. Iris brown; 

 bill dusky black, lower mandible horn- white; feet horn- 

 blue. First seen. Shot in tall trees as it came in to roost. 



Nos. 660, 665, 705. S ad. Ravine, July 17, 27, 1897. 



Nos. 10]4, 1034, 6 ad.; 1039, $ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, 

 April 20, 25, 26, 1898. Iris dull crimson ; bill dull black, 

 tip and lower mandible horn-blue. Creeps about in thick 

 bush. 



No. 1087. 6 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 9, 1898. Iris 

 dark crimson-brown ; bill dusky black with slaty tint ; 

 lower mandible pale horn-blue ; feet pale horn-blue. 



Nos. 1146, 1147. 6 ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 24, 

 ]898. 



Fam. PvCNONOTIDiE. 



221. Xenocichla pallidigula. 



Xenocichla pallidigula Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. vii. p. vii 

 (1897). 



Xenocichla flavicollis pallidiyula O. Neum. J. f. 0. 1900, 

 p. 292. 



a. d. Ntebi, March 8, 1895. 



222. Xenocichla KAKAMEOiE. 



Xenocichla kakamegce Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 29 



(Nov. 1900). 



X. similis X. tephrolamati Gray, sed minor, rostro multo 

 breviore et latiore, notseo olivaceo-viridi, pileo et facie 

 laterali schistaceis, gutture pallide cinereo ; prsepectore 

 viridesceute ; corporis lateribus olivascenti-viridibus, 

 pectore medio et abdomine pallidioribus et Isetiore 

 flavido lavatis; subalaribus olivaceo-viridibus, majoribus 

 et remigibus intiis pallide cineraceis, vix flavo tiactis. 

 Long. tot. 6-7 poll., culm. 0*55, alse 3*3, caudse 2*95, 

 tarsi 075. 



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