g03 Mr. F. J. Jaclvsou on Birds 



No, 51. c? in change. Ravine, March 23, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill pale horn-blue, with a dusky tip ; feet brown. 



No. 184. 5 Ravine, July 21, 1896. Iris brown; bill 

 brown, the lower mandible horn-white ; feet brownish flesh- 

 colour. Plentiful. 



Nos. 203, 204. S- Ravine, July 28, 1896. Plentiful on 

 the Ravine in the sharabas and low grass. 



No. 274. 6 . Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 16, 1896. Very 

 plentiful. Breeding. 



Nos. 296, 297. 6 9 . Elgeyu, Aug. 19, 1896. Breeding. 

 Eggs two or three. Nest in long grass, and made of fine 

 dry grass, very scantily constructed, with a sort of porch 

 made of the seed-heads of grass. 



No. 348. (^ juv. Ravine, Aug. 30, 1896. Bill brown, 

 the lower mandible horny white; feet brownish flesh- 

 colour. 



Nos. 427, 428. S juv. Ravine, Nov. 26, 1896. Young 

 birds of the year, moulting. In small flocks. 



No. 804. c? juv. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 25, 1897. 



Nos. 851, 852. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 11, 1898. 

 Iris brown ; bill olive-brown, lower mandible dull whitish 

 horn; feet brown. 



No. 894. S juv. Ravine, 7500 feet, March 4, 1898. 



32. Pyromelana taha. 



Pyromelana taha (Smith); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 249; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 25 (1896). 



No. 355. S- Ravine, Sept. 15, 1896. Iris broAvn ; bill 

 black the lower mandible somewhat paler; feet shrimp- 

 brown. Breeding. The nest in long grass, like that of 

 Quelea cardinalis. I found two nests. 



Nos. 356, 358. S juv. Ravine, Sept. 15, 1896. Bill 

 brown, the lower mandible duller, whitish horn ; feet 

 brownish horn-blue. 



No. 357. ? ad. Ravine, Sept. 15, 1896. Bill brown, 

 the lower mandible white ; feet pale shrimp-brown. 



33. Ploceipasser melanorhyncha. 



Ploceipasser melanorhyncha Riipp. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 



