On Birds obtained in British East Africa. 587 



upjjei' tail-coverts unci secoudaiies very boldly marked with 

 successive black arrow-heads. Primaries black_, with wide 

 oblique white markings. Middle tail-feathers almost pure 

 white ; second and third pairs white, with wide (about 

 0'5 inch) oblique black bands on the outer web, the latter pair 

 with some irregular black marking on the inner web also ; 

 remaining pairs white, with wide oblique black bands on both 

 webs, forming an irregular arrow-head pattern. " Iris 

 brownish yellow ; naked wattle and skin on sides of face 

 scarlet ; bill greenish white; legs coral-red.''^ — J. W. 



Total length 35 inches, wing 9'4, tail 20, tarsus 3"15. 



Adult female. Most nearly resembles the female of 

 G. andersoni, but is much darker. The feathers of the back 

 of the neck and mantle mostly black, with wide white shaft- 

 streaks ; the underparts, including the under tail-coverts, 

 similar, but with wider white middles; outer tail-feathers 

 uniform dark chestnut, with indistinct vermiculations of 

 black. " Iris light brown ; upper mandible greenish brown, 

 lower dull green ; naked skin on face red ; legs and feet 

 bright scarlet."— J. W. 



Total length 21*5 inches, wing 8"1, tail 8*8, tarsus 2*9. 



XL VIII. — List of Birds obtained in British East Africa. By 

 F. J. Jackson, C.B., F.Z.S.— Part I. With Notes by 

 R. BowDLER Sharpe, LL.D. &c. 



(Plates XII., XIII.) 



The following is a list of the birds obtained by me in 

 various parts of British East Africa and the Equatorial 

 Provinces from 1892 to 1898. My friend Dr. Sharpe has 

 kindly added a few critical notes on some of the species, and 

 I hope on a future occasion to describe more fully the nests 

 and eggs in my collection. 



Fam. Cor VI D^. 



1. Heterocorax capensis. 



Heterocorax capensis (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 239. 



Corvus capensis Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 46 (1896). 



