obtained in British East Africa. 589 



Nos, 761,6 y 753, 754, ? . Lake Naivasha, May 11, 1897. 

 No. 788. S imm. Lake Naivasha, May 19, 1897. 



Fam. EULABETIDiE. 



6. Pholidauges verreauxi. 



Pholidaugas verreauxi Bocage; Sliarpe, Ibis, 1891, p, 240 

 (Mt. Elgoii) ; Reicheii. Vog. deutscli. Ost-Afrikas, p. 171 

 (1894); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 42 (1896). 



No. 369. S' Njemps, Sept. 19, 1896. 



No. 98. S' Baviue, Mau, 7500 feet, June 18, 1896. 

 Plentiful at the Ravine. 



No. 423. S • Ravine, June 20, 1896. Plentiful. 



No. 507. ?. Ravine, March 4, 1897. Iris bright yellow; 

 bill black ; feet brownish black. Fairly plentiful, but only 

 singly or in pairs ; at present breeding. Nest found in 

 hole o£ hollow stump, five feet from the ground ; composed 

 of fine green leaves, small like those of privet. Two eggs, 

 pale greenish blue, with reddish-brown speckles, much 

 incubated. This female was shot from the nest as she flew 

 off, at 5.30 P.M., and her stomach was perfectly empty and 

 the ovaries small ; she was doubtless sitting on these two 

 eggs, which is [)robably the full complement, as it is with 

 most birds out here. 



No. 519. (J. Ravine, March 7, 1897. A pair seen. 



Nos. 678, 679. ? . Ravine, July 21, 1897. 



Nos. 909, 910. S. Ravine, March 4, 1897. 



7. Pholidauges leucogaster. 



Pholidauges leucogaster (Gm.) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, 

 p. 41 (Sirvva, Kimoani) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 42 (1896). 



No. 1243. S- Nandi, 6500 feet, June 26, 1898. Iris 

 cream-colour round the pupil, fading into yellow ; feet black. 

 Appears to be rather a rare bird in Nandi. This was one 

 out of a small flock of five or six. They were attracted by 

 the small fruit of a large tree in the garden here. 



[It is interesting to find the true P. leucogaster in Nandi, 

 instead of the common P. verreauxi, which is so plentiful in 

 other parts of East Africa. There is no question as to the 

 identification of the specimen. — R. B. S.] 



