Birds from British East Africa. 703 



one bird as Ave Mere marching to Malindi. In the bush- 

 country they were fairly numerous, and I have not the 

 slightest doubt as to the truth of their leading men to bees' 

 nests. — A. B. P.] 



108. Barbatula affinis Reich. 

 Barbatida affinis Reich, ii. p. 152. 



a, b. £. Malindi, 1st March, 1901. (Nos. 61, 62.) 

 [These little Barbcts are very difficult to see, though often 



heard. At Malindi I shot two examples out of a small party 



of them.— A. B. P.] 



109. Barbatula bilineata (Sund.). 

 Barbatula bilineata Reich, ii. p. 147. 

 a. $ . Takaungu. 



Dr. Reichenow gives the range of this species as South- 

 east Africa, from Zululand to Nyasaland. The example 

 obtained at Takaungu by Mr. Percival is slightly smaller 

 than those in the British Museum. Total length about 

 3"7 inches; wing 2*0 ; tail 1*2 ; tarsus 0'6. 



110. Lybius melanopterus (Peters). 

 Lijbius melanopterus Reich, ii. p. 121. 



a. Ad. Mombasa, May 1903. (No. 160.) 



[The Red-headed Barbet was not uncommon in the open 



country near Mombasa and also in the neighbourhood of 



Malindi.— A. B. P.] 



111. Lybius senex (Reich.). 

 Lybius senex Reich, ii. p. 123. 



a, b. Ad. Nairobi, 29th June, 1902. (Nos. 331, 334. a.) 

 [This Barbet was not uncommon; it was usually met with 

 in small flocks of five or six birds. — A. B. P.] 



112. Smilorhis kilimensis Shelley. 

 Buccanodon kilimense Reich, ii. p. 142. 



a, b. <$ . South of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 8th and 9th Feb., 

 1902. (Nos. 229, 230.) 



The type of this species, which is in the British Museum, 

 was procured on Kilimanjaro by Mr. H. C. V. Hunter. 



