obtained in British East Africa. 83 



Museum^ but the latter has rather more rufous wings and 

 tail.— R. B. S.] 



225. Chlorocichla gracilirostris. 



Criniger gracilirostris (Strickl.) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. 

 p. 63 (1896). 



Andropadus gracilirostris O. Neum. J. f . O. 1900, p. 292. 



No. 870. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 15, 1898. First 

 seen. Three of them in thick bush. 



No. 1045. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 29, 1898. Iris 

 bright crimson-brown ; bill black ; feet brownish black. 



No. 1122. ? ad. Nandi Forest, 6000 feet, May 19, 1898. 

 Evidently a plentiful bird in the thick forest, to judge by 

 the large number that were attracted by the small yellow 

 fruits growing in clusters on a tall tree in a clearing. 

 It is only on such occasions that opportunity offers of 

 getting a really good view of this bird and other members of 

 the family, as they rarely leave the thick bush at other times 

 and are exceedingly difficult to see. They are noisy birds 

 and go about in small parties of three or four together. 



No. 1256. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 2, 1898. Iris 

 bright dark crimson ; bill and feet black. A bush-lover and, 

 although plentiful, not often seen until the various trees are 

 in fruit. 



226. Andropadus LjEtissimus. 



Andropadus Icetissimus Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxvii 

 (1899). 



Xenocichla hypoxantha Sharpe, MSS. ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 vi. p. 48 (1898). 



No. 840. ? ad. Kakamega Forest, Feb. 8, 1898. Iris 

 crimson-brown ; feet horn-blue ; bill black. 



No. 1129. c? ad. Nandi Forest, 6000 feet. May 19, 1898. 

 Type of species. Iris light brown ; bill brownish black ; feet 

 dusky horn-blue. 



Saw three others. It is evidently a rare bird. 



[I am sorry that I caused my excellent friend Mr. Hartert 

 to publish a nomen nudum. I at first determined the species 



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