On Birds from Witu, British East Africa. 133 



XI. — On a Collection of Birds from Witu, British East 

 Africa. By F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S. With Notes by 

 R. BowDLER SharpE; LL.D., F.Z.S. 



The collection here described was made by me during a short 

 residence in Witu in May and June, 1891, and again in 

 November of the same year. Dr. Bowdler Sharpe has added 

 a few notes on some of the specimens. 



[The collection contains examples of some interesting- 

 species, and I have thought it worth recording, as hitherto no 

 one but Dr. Fischer appears to have collected birds in this 

 district {cf J. f. O. 1885, pp. 113-142).— R. B. S.] 



1. Lamprocolius melanogaster (Sw.). 

 Lamprocolius melanogaster (Swains.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 



p. 242. 



No. 9, ^ . Witu, May 5, 1891. — Iris bright orange-yellow, 



with an inner ring of yellow ; feet and bill black. 

 No. 13. Witu, Nov. 17, 1891. 



2. Oriolus notatus. 



Oriolus notatus Peters; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 19G; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 16B, fig. 78 (1891) ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 41 (1896). 



No. 48. Witu, June 16, 1891. — Bill pale dull carmine; feet 

 horn-blue; iris crimson. 



[It must have been by a lapsus calami that Captain Shelley 

 recorded the Oriole from Manda Island as 0. auratus. The 

 specimen was presented by Mr. Jackson to the British 

 Museum, and is undoubtedly 0. notatus. — R. B. S.] 



3. Oriolus rolleti. 



Oriolus rolleti Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torin. vii. p. 151; 

 Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 168 (1894). 



Oriolus larvatus (pt.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 217 (1877). 

 No. 2, (S . Witu, June 20, 1891. — Iris bright crimson ; bill 



dull carmine. 

 No. 47, juv. Witu, June 16, 1891. — Bill dull black ; legs 

 horn-blue; iris brown. 



