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23. Penthetria ardens. 



Penthetria ardens (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, Ibis_, 1891, p. 244 

 (Teita). 



CoUuspasser rubritorques (Swains.) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 

 1892, p. 45 (Bukoba, Uliambiri Isl.) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afrikas, p. 192 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 33 (1896). 



a. s • Ntebi, March 5, 1895. 



24. Penthetria laticauda. 



Penthetria laticauda (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 245 

 (Elgeyu ; Lake Nahuro). 



CoUuspasser laticauda Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, 

 p. 191 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 24 (1896). 



No. 158. $ . Xandi, 6500 feet, July 7, 1896. Iris brown ; 

 bill horn-brown, the lower mandible dusky horn-white ; feet 

 brown. 



No. 215. S ad. Mau Plateau, 8700 feet, Aug. 3, 1896. 

 Iris brown ; bill and feet black. Plentiful in boggy hollows 

 where the grass is long. I saw this bird playing at its game 

 of jumping up and down (c/. Ibis, 1891, p. 245). 



No. 971. S- Nandi, 6500 feet, April 12, 1898. Iris 

 brown ; bill brown, the lower mandible pale brown at tip, 

 fading into dusky white at base; feet brown. Still in 

 flocks, consisting mostly of males in mottled plumage. 



Nos. 997-1000. $ ad. et S juv. Nandi, 6500 feet, 

 April 16, 1898. All shot out of one large flock. 



No. 1184. S ad. Nandi, 6000 feet, June 2, 1898. 



25. Penthetria eques. 



Penthetria eques (Hartl.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 220 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 245; Reichen. Vog. 

 deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 191 (1894). 



Coliipasser eques, Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 24 (1896). 



No. 10. S ' Ndera, Teita, Jan. 2, 1892. 



This bird is fairly plentiful in suitable localities. It is 

 very paj-tial to long grass, and is most plentiful in swampy 

 ground. Round about Witu in July it is plentiful. In 

 Ukambani it was exceedingly plentiful among the cane-like 

 grass on the banks of the river at Nzoi. 



