576 Dr. S. L. Hinde on Birds 



XLIX. — O/i Birds observed ?iear Machako^s Station, in 

 British East Africa. By Dr. Sydney L. Hinde. With 

 Notes by R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. 



(Plate XII. fig. 2.) 



Machako's Station, on the Uganda Road, is situated at 

 the edge of a grassy plain, which stretches for some miles 

 to the westward. The only wood in the neighbourhood 

 consists of single thorn-trees, scattered about at distances 

 of 200 yards. The nearest forest is at Kikuyu, about 45 

 miles away. On the east side of the station is a valley, at 

 the bottom of which is a stream about 2 feet wide and 3 

 inches deep. The whole valley is cultivated, and a few 

 patches of rank grass grow in the bed of the stream. On 

 its eastern side the mountains rise abruptly, and some of 

 them are 2000 feet higher than the station, which is 5300 

 feet above the sea-level. 



1. CoRvus scAPULATUs Daud. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 22 (1877) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 239. 



No. 25, ? . Machako's, April 28, 1896. 



2. CoRvuLTUR ALBicoLLis (Latli.) ; Sharpc, Cat. B. Rrit. 

 Mus. iii. p. 24 (1877). 



3. CosMOPSARUs REGIUS Reiclicn. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 241. 



No. 14, ? . Machako's, Aug. 23, 1896. 



4. Spreo superbus (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Ilns, 1891, p. 243. 

 No. 5, ? . Machako's, April 25, 1896. 



Pairs common in stations. Flocks common along the beds 

 of streams. Nests in tree-stumps. Sings well. 



5. DiLOPHUs CARUNCULATUS (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 243. 



a, $ ad. Machako's, June 17, 1897. — Bare skin rouiul the 

 eye canary -yellow. 



