obtained in British East Africa. 603 



p. 250 (Kitua : Alachako's) ; Reichen. Vog. deutscb. Ost- 

 Afrikas, p. 182 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 34 (1896). 



No. 247. (^ ad. Elgeyii, 3700 feet, Aug. 13, 1896. 

 Iris carmine-brown ; bill black ; feet bluish flesh-colour. 

 Very plentiful and breeding at Njeraps. 



No. 248. (J ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 13, 1896. Feet 

 flesh-colour. 



No. 249. ? ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 13, 1896. 



34. Ploceipasser superciliosus. 



Ploceipasser superciliosus (Cretzsch.) ; Shelley, B. Africa, 

 i. p. 34 (1896). 



No. 327. c? ad. Kamassia, 6000 feet, Aug. 23, 1896. 

 Iris bright brown ; bill dusky horn, lower mandible paler ; 

 feet brown. First seen. 



Nos. 336, 337. S ad. Kamassia, 6500 feet, Aug. 24, 1896. 

 Bill dusky brown ; feet pale flesh. Plentiful. Breeding. 



35. Phil.eterus arnaudi. 



Philceterus emini (nee Reichen.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 249. 



Nigrita arnaudi Bp. ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch, Ost-Afrikas, 

 p. 185 (1894). 



Philceterus arnaudi Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 27 (1896j. 



Nos. 304-307. ^ ? . Elgeyu, 3700 feet. May 20, 1896. 

 Iris dark crimson ; bill black ; feet brownish flesh-colour. 

 Breeding. The nest has two entrances, one of which is 

 stopped up when the hen is about to lay. At other times it 

 is used for roosting. 



[I have come to the conclusion that all the specimens 

 previously obtained by Mr. Jackson at Machako^s were not 

 P. emini, but P. arnaudi, to which the Elgeyu birds seem 

 certainly to belong. — R. B. S.] 



36. QUELEA CARDINALIS. 



Quelea cardinalis (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 251 

 (Njemps) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 189 (1894: 

 Nguruman, Karema) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 26 (1896). 



No. 137. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 1, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill dusky black ; feet brownish flesh-colour. In 

 flocks. 



