592 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



criiuhuu; bill and feet black. In Hocks at preseut, attracted 

 by the ripe fruit of several trees. I have not noticed this 

 species till the last few days. 



Nos. 1188, 1189. c? ? . Nandi, 6500 feet, June 4<, 1898. 

 Iris dark crimson, the pupil very large ; bill and feet black. 

 Not seen in Nandi before to-day, when I found this pair 

 breeding in a hollow tree some thirty feet from the ground. 

 Unfortunately the eggs had been hatched, and there were 

 two young birds in the nest. 



No. 1216. ? . Nandi, 6500 feet, June 17, 1898. 



No. 1236. ? . „ „ June 24, 1898. 



[The steel-green, instead of purplish, shade on the throat 

 distinguishes the male of A. elgonens'is from A. walleri, but 

 they are certainly very closely allied. The head and throat 

 in the female of A. elgonens'is are mottled with mesial streaks 

 and spots of black. — E. B. S.] 



11. Amydrus morio. 



Amydrus morio (L.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 212 (Ukam- 

 banij Turquel ; Mt. Elgon) ; Reiclien. Vog. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afrikas, p. 173 (189-1) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 44 (1896). 



No. 67. 6. Kedong valley, April 17, 1896. Iris dark 

 crimson; bill and feet black. Large flocks of these birds 

 were observed flying across the Kedoiig valley from west to 

 east. 



12. POEOPTERA GREYI. 



Pmoptera greyi Jackson, Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. I. 



Nos. 1124, 1125, 6; 1126, 1127, ?. Nandi forests, 

 6000 feet. May 19, 1898. Iris brown, with outer ring of 

 yellow; bill and feet shining black. When first seen I 

 mistook a flock of these birds for small Bee-eaters, which 

 they resembled in a remarkable degree, both in flight 

 and in their short, loud, trilling note. To-day (May 19) I 

 procured four specimens, and, unfortunately, lost two others 

 in dense green undergrowth. Several small flocks were 

 attracted by a little yellow fruit of a tall forest-tree in a 

 small clearing. 



These birds, together with Zosterops, Bulbuls, Barbets, 



