Birds from British East Africa. 691 



a, b. S ? • Takaungu, Feb. 1901. (No. 117.) 

 [Common all along the coast. — A. B. P.] 



54. Nicator gularis Finsch. & Hartl. 

 Xicator gularis Reich, ii. p. 555. 



a. Ad. Mt. Kilimanjaro, 9th Feb., 1902. (No. 23 1.) 



55. Nilaus minor Sharpe. 

 Nilaus afer minor Reich, ii. p. 5 10. 



Nilaus minor Rannerman, Ibis, 1910, p. 303. 



a. (J. Foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 21st Jan., 1902. (No. 

 219.) 



[This bird was found in dense forest. It was very hard 

 to see, and still harder to procure. — A. B. P.] 



56. EUROCEPIJALUS RUEPPELLI Rp. 



Eurocephalus ruppelli Reich, ii. p. 526. 



a. ? . Kilimanjaro, 21st Jan., 1902. (No. 217.) 



[This Shrike is found in the bush-countries at an 



elevation of about 2500-3000 ft. I did not meet with it on 



any higher ground. — A. B. P.] 



57. Sigmodus graculinus Cab. 



Sigmodus graculinus Jackson, Ibis, 1901, p. 48. 

 Sigmodus retzii graculinus Reich, ii. p. 536. 



a. Ad. Shimuni, May 1901. 



b, c. ? et imm. S. of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 9th Feb., 1902. 

 (Nos. 238, 239.) 



Mr. F. J. Jackson, in his paper quoted above, gives a 

 review of the genus Sigmodus. In the three specimens 

 which Mr. Percival obtained, those from Kilimanjaro shew 

 faint spots on the primaries, whereas in the example 

 from Shimoni none are apparent. All the specimens in 

 the Rritish Museum from Nyasaland, the Zambesi River, 

 Angoniland, and Oliphaut's River have the white bar on the 

 primaries much pronounced. 



[This bird w r as rare, one party of ten or twelve was seen 

 at Takaungu, and one was obtained at Shimoni, near 

 Mt. Kilimanjaro, where it seemed to be much more plentiful. 

 —A. B. P.] 



