Birds from British East Africa. 701 



97. Terpsiphone plumbeiceps Reich. 

 Tchitrea plumbeiceps Reich, ii. p. 510. 



Terpsiphone plumbeiceps Swynnerton, Ibis, 1908, p. 98. 



a, b. $. Takaungu, Feb. 1901. (No. 133.) 



c. $ . Shimoni, 19th May, 1901. 



Iris blue ; upper mandible black, lower mandible slate- 

 coloured ; legs bluish slate-coloured. 



According to Dr. Reichenow this species ranges from 

 South Africa northwards along the lake-district to the Congo 

 and Niam Niam. It does not appear to have been recorded 

 from the coast-district of East Africa. 



[Common in thick bush near Shimoni. — A. B. P.] 



98. Terpsiphone viridis (Miill.). 



Tchitrea. viridis Reich, ii. p. 50 4. 



a-c. [ S ] et imm. Kikuyu Forest, 29th-30th May, 1902. 

 (Nos. 341, 318, 349.) 



No. 349 is a male with the edges of the inner primaries 

 and secondaries white; the tail with its long middle pair of 

 tail-feathers is entirely chestnut. 



No. 344 has the tips of the greater secondary wing-coverts 

 white, but the rest of the upper parts are chestnut. 



99. Trochocercus bivittatus Reich. 

 Trochocercus bivittatus Reich, ii. p. 499. 



a. ? . Mt. Kilimanjaro, 9th Feb., 1902. (No. 235.) 

 The specimen is in freshly moulted plumage. It is darker 

 on the upper parts than two female examples in the British 

 Museum, and does not shew the olive-green tint which 

 seems to be characteristic of them. 



100. Hirundo monteiri Hartl. 

 Hirundo monteiri Reich, ii. p. 416. 



a. Ad. Tanganiko, Feb. 1901. (No. 121.) 

 [This Swallow was not found in Takaungu, but was 

 common at Tanganiko, about twelve to fifteen miles distant. 

 It appeared to be breeding in the hollows of the bark of a 

 Baobab tree. Its flight was heavy and powerful, and it 

 seemed to prefer to sit on the tops of trees. — A. B. P.] 



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