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No. 364. ? type. Bunkeya R., 3000 ft, Sept. 13, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below at base ; feet dull 

 flesh-coloured; iris brownish. 



This bird was obtained close to the site of the ruins of the 

 chief village of Msiri, the former chief by conquest over a 

 large region in this neighbourhood. 



241. Calamonastes katang^e. 



Calamonastes katangce Neave, Ann. N. H. (8) vol. iv. 

 p. 130 (1909). 



Allied to C. cinereas, but a browner bird; the breast and 

 abdomen white, the throat white mottled with brownish ; the 

 fore-ueck ashy, forming a broad band. Total length about 

 41 inches; culmen 0'55 ; wing 23; tail 17; tarsus 0*8. 



In the young bird, no. 92, the under surface is yellowish. 



No. 92. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 16, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet pinkish ; iris golden brown, orbit brown. 



No. 122. < J. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 29, 1907. 



Bill dusky ; feet pale flesh-coloured ; iris and orbit reddish 

 brown. 



No. 223. ? . Upper Lualaba R., 3500 ft., May 31, 

 1907. 



Bill dusky, base of lower mandible paler ; feet yellowish 

 flesh-coloured ; iris and orbit yellow-brown. 



No. 429. ? . Lufupa R., 3500 ft., Nov. 3, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet yellowish flesh-coloured; iris and orbit 

 reddish brown. 



No. 519. S ■ Chambezi R., 4000 ft., May 4, 1907. 



Bill dusky ; feet flesh-coloured ; iris chestnut-brown. 



I found this bird not rare but retiring and easily over- 

 looked. It is particularly fond of the dense thickets which 

 are found in the woodland, on the top of large termite- 

 mounds. 



242. Sylvia simplex. 



Sylvia simplex Lath. ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 67. 

 No. 814. S • L. Young, Nov. 2, 1908. 

 Bill brownish horn-coloured, base of lower mandible paler ; 

 feet brown ; iris brown. 



