observed near Machako's Station. 583 



45. MKLixropiiAGUs cyanostictus Cab. ; Sliarpe, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 319. 



No. 79. Machako's, Sept. 1896. 



Common everywhere from Mombasa to Kikuyu, except in 

 the open and very bare plains, 



46. CoLius LEucoTis Riipp. ; Sharpe, Cat. B, Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 3il, pi. xii. fig. 1 (1892). 



No. 58, S ' N'Goleni, 7 miles from Machako's, Aug. 6, 1896. 

 Common in flocks all over the country from Mombasa to 

 Kikuyu, except in the middle of the bare plains. 



47. Cerchneis NAUMANNi (Fleisch); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. i. p. 435 (1874), 



No. 107, c?. Machako's, March 1, 1897. 

 Several hundreds in a flock. 



48. Cerchneis fieldi Elliot, Field Columb. Mus., Orn. i. 

 p. 58 (1897). 



Nos. 87, 88, c? ? . Machako's, Nov. 7 & 8, 1896. 



This pair nested in a tree near the fort. There was only 

 one young bird, which I kept alive for some time. 



[This is a small northern race of C. ruplcotoides, discovered 

 by Prof. D. G. Elliot during his journey into the interior of 

 Somaliland, and, as a matter of fact, Dr. Hinde appears to 

 have actually procured the first specimens of this new species. 

 They arrived in London only a few days after Professor Elliot 

 brought his Somali collection to the British Museum — 

 R. B. S.] 



49. Anas UNDULATA Dubois ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvii. p. 212 (1895). 



No. 98, c?. Machako's, Nov 21, 1896. 



50. Pqxilonetta erythrorhyncha (Gm.) ; Salvad. t c. 

 p. 285. 



No. 99, (J. Machako's, Nov. 21, 1896. 



[By some mistake I named Mr. Jackson's specimen of 

 this Duck from Machako's Querquedula xanthorhyncha (Ibis, 



