I92I.] 



On Birds from the Near East. 



621 



Bubo lacteus. 

 Asio capensis. 

 Halcyon oi-ientfilis. 

 Corythoriiis cj'iinostigma. 

 Bucorax cafer. 

 Melittophagus bullockoides. 



,, pusillus cyauo- 



stictus. 

 Tachornis parva. 

 Turacus schalowi luarungensis. 

 Schizorhis concolor. 

 Centropus monachus. 



,, s, seuegalensis. 

 Indicator indicator. 

 Lybius cliaplini. 

 Melauobucco torquatiis. 

 Pogoniulus chrysocouus 



rhodesise. 

 Caprimulgus fossei. 

 Thripias namaquus. 

 Hirundo semirufa. 

 ,, s. monteiri. 

 griseopyga. 

 Grauculiis pectoralis. 

 Pycnonotus tricolor micrus. 

 Crateropus liartlaubi. 

 Saxicola sp. 

 Campicola pileata. 



Tliamnolsea nigra. 

 Cisticola n. natalensis. 



„ ruticapilla. 



„ fulvifrons. 

 Euprinodes flavociucta. 

 Sylviella rufescens. 

 Lauiarius sethiopicus mossam- 



bicus. 

 Prionops poliocephala. 

 Batis puella. 



Nilaiis afer nigriteniporalis. 

 Urolestes melanoleucus. 

 Melaniparus niger niger. 

 Lagouosticta sengalla rendalli. 



„ niveiguttata. 



Pyromelana xanthomelsena. 

 "Vidua sereua. 

 Estrilda angolensis. 

 Anaplectes rubriceps. 

 Sitagra ocularia. 

 Serinus icterus. 

 Teplirocorys saturatior. 

 Antlius sordidus nyassse. 

 Macronyx wintoni. 

 Lamprocolius sj'^cobius. 

 Dicrurus adsimilis. 

 Cinnyris eequatorialis. 



„ leucogaster. 



XXXV. — Notes on some Birds from the Near East and from 

 Tropical East Africa. By ('olonel B,. Meinertzhagen, 

 D.S.O., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



(Text-fignre 4.) 



The following notes have been compiled during the working 

 ont o£ my collections from Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and East 

 Africa, and only those species are mentioned about which 

 somethino- of interest or something new has been noted. 



I was in East Africa during the first two years of the war, 

 and Mr. A. Turner continued to collect for me after I left 

 the country, his main effort being directed towards migratory 



SEE. XI. VOL. Ill, 2 T 



