882 Lieut. C. W. Mackwortli-Praed on [Ibis, 



(Enanthe pileata. 



Mvtacilla pileata Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 965 

 [Cape of G. Hope]. 



Saxicola pileata A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Aves, 1839, 

 pi. xxviii. 



^ . Tsavo River. 31st July. Wing 88 mm. 



Bill and legs black. 



Not common. 



(Enanthe cenantlie. 



Motacilla (eauntlie Linn. Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 186 [Sweden]. 



Saxicola renanthe Reich w. Voj^. Afr. iii. 1905, p. 723. 



2 ? . Ithanga Hills. 1st October. Wing 95, 96 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



Only a few Common Wheatears were seen. 



Mynnecocichla sethiops cryptoleuca. 



Myrmecocichla cryptoleuca Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 445 

 [Kikuyu]. 



Myrmecocichla f£thinps cryptoleuca Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 

 1905, p. 706. 



?. Thika. October. Wing 120 mm. 



? . Nairobi. 23rd October. „ 112 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



This species was common in patches in the highlands. It 

 was fond of open ground, and liked to sit on the top of a 

 bush or on a telegraph-wire like a Shrike. 



Erythropygia leucoptera vulpina. 



Ki-ythropyyia vulpina Reichw. J. f . O. 1891, p. 62 [Teita]. 



Erytkrojtygia leucoptera Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1905, 

 p. 773 [part.]. 



$. Serengeti Plains, Tsavo River. 23rd July. Wing68mm. 



$ . „ „ 3rd August. „ 67 mm. 



Iris black ; bill dark ; feet slate-colour. 



This seems to be quite a recognisable race, having a 

 richer red back and the red colour extending on to the 

 neck ; the top of the head is also darker. It is confined to 

 the Kilimanjaro region. I can find nothing as dark in the 

 large series of the typical race from Somaliland. 



(duite common in the desert scrub. 



