82 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



No. 843. c?. Kakamega Forest, Feb. 8, 1898. Iris 

 brown; bill black, the lower mandible slate-colour; feet 

 horn-blue, 



[This seems to be a small species of Xenocichla, allied to 

 X tephrolcema of the Cameroons. The bill is very much 

 smaller than in the latter, the throat is a lighter grey, 

 followed by olive-green on the fore-neck, with the breast and 

 abdomen greyish olive, and with a slight wash of yellow 

 instead of the clear yellow of X. tephrolcema, which has also 

 the under wing-coverts and quill-lining bright yellow. In 

 X kukameycs the quill-lining is ashy. — R. B. S.] 



223. Xenocichla kikuyuensis. 



Xenocichla kikuyuensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 299; O. Neum. 

 J. f. O. 1900, p. 293 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 608. 



Criniger kikuijuensis Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 63 (1896). 



No. 105. S 3-^. Ravine, June 20, 1896. Iris brown ; 

 bill black ; feet horn-blue. Plentiful in small family-parties 

 in thick bush. 



No. 180. c? ad. Ravine, 8500 feet, July 12, 1896. Feet 

 greenish horn-colour. In thick forest. 



No. 655. S ad. Ravine, July 15, 1897. Feet greenish 

 slate-colour. 



224. Phyllostrophus placidus. 



Phijllostrophus placidus (Shelley) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afr. p. 206 (1894) (Kilimanjaro). 



Vriniger placidus Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 63 (1896) ; O. 

 Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 294. 



Xenocichla placida Jackson, Ibis, 1898, p. 139 (Witu). 



No. 42. ? ad. Ravine, Man, March 21, 1896. Iris stone- 

 grey ; bill black, base of lower mandible horn-blue ; feet 

 horn-blue. 



No. 347. ? ad. Ravine, 7500 feet, Aug. 30, 1896. Iris 

 yellowish ; bill black, with lower mandible horn-blue. 



No. 594. ($ ad. Ravine, March 31, 1897. Iris ochreous 

 brown; bill very dark brown, lower mandible horn-blue; 

 feet horn-blue with a greenish tint. 



[These specimens agree fairly well with the type in the 



