obtained in British East Africa. 621 



Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 53 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 320 (Masai- 

 land). 



Melittophagus buUockoides (Smith) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afr. p. 136 (1894: Rovuraa River; Useguha). 



Merops buUockoides Hartert, Ansorge's African Sun, 

 p. 336 (1899: Lake Naivasha ; Kedong). 



No. 259. c? ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 14, 1896. 

 Bill and feet black ; iris brown. Plentiful. 



Nos. 391, 392. ? ad. E. Kamassia, Sept. 28, 1896. 

 Plentiful in flocks. 



No. 466. S ad. Ravine, Feb. 19, 1897. Resident 

 throughout the year and plentiful throughout the district. 

 Breeding in a bank in a colony, in holes about two feet and a 

 half deep ; no lining. Eggs, two or three, much incubated. 

 Several nests with young. 



Nos. 490, 491. (^ ? ad. Ravine, Feb. 28, 1897. Colony 

 of about ten or fifteen pairs breeding in a bank by a dry 

 stream. Holes about two to three feet deep; no lining. 

 Eggs, two or three, laid on bare earth. 



Nos. 761, 813. c? ? ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 12, 29, 

 1897. 



290. Merops apiaster. 



Merops apiaster Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 63 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 319 (Marungu ; Sotik) ; 

 Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 135 (1894) ; Hartert, 

 Ansorge's African Sun, p. 336 (1899: Muani); Neum. J. f. O. 

 1900, p. 218 (Umbugwe). 



No. 952. c? ad. Nandi, 5500 feet, April 9, 1898. Bill 

 black; feet blackish brown; iris crimson. Shot out of a 

 small flock. 



291. Merops superciliosus. 



Merops superciliosus Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 70 (1892) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 28 ; id. Yog. 

 deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 135, fig. 63 (1894). 



No. 101. S ad. Ndi-Ndara, Teita, April 7, 1892. 



a,b. (5^ ? ad. Entebbe, Aug. 4, 1895. Bill black; feet 

 scaly horn-coloured; iris crimson. 



No. 362. S ad. Molo River, Sept. 17, 1896. 



