580 Dr. S. L. Hinde on Birds 



22. CiNNYRis FALKENSTEiNi Fisclier & Reichen. ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1891, p. 594. 



No. 67, S • Machako's, May 12, 189G. 

 No. Q7a, ad. Machako's, Sept. 3, 1896. 

 Tliis species also is not rare. 



23. ZosTEROPs KiRKi Shelley; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 59 k 

 No. 60. S . N'Goleni, 7 miles from Machako's, Aug. 7, 1896. 

 No.59, ?. „ „ „ Aug. 10, 1896. 



Seen in flocks among the hills, feeding in hundreds on the 

 same tree. 



24. Lanius collyrio L. ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. 

 p. 286 (1883) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 595. 



No. 16, c? . Machako's, April 24, 1896. 



25. Bradyornis murinus F. & R.; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 152. 



No. 64, S ad. N'GoIeni, 7 miles from Machako's, Aug. 5, 1896. 

 Seems to be common on the hill-tops. 

 [Naiwascha Lake, teste Reichenow, I.e. — R. B. S.] 



26. Pycnonotus layardi Gurney; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 207 (1891). 



No. 41, ? . Machako's, May 16, 1896. 



Common everywhere between Mombasa and Kikuyu 

 where there are bushes or trees. 



27. Prinia mystacea (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 155. 

 No. 46, S . Machako's, May 20, 1896. 



Very common between March and June. 



28. CisTicoLA HINDU. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 



Cisticola hindii Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn, Clubj vi. p. vii 

 (1896). 



This little bird lives in the short grass-plains. It soars 

 into the air, making a peculiar clicking note. This " click " 

 is audible after the bird has soared so high as to be invisible. 



[It is interesting to compare the habits of this species 

 with those of its near ally C. terrestris of South Africa, as 



