604 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



Nos. 128, 129. ? imm. Naiidi, July 2, 189G. Iris 

 brown ; bill olive-brown^ with brownish -yellow lower man- 

 dible; feet brownish flesh-colour. 



Nos. 1218-1224. ^ ? ad. Nandi, June 17, 1898. 



37. QUELEA iETHIOPICA. 



Quelea cethiopica (Sundev.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 259 (1890) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 177 

 (1884 : Shoa) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 358 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1891, p. 250; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 26 (1896). 



Nos. 94 c? , 95 ? , 97, 99. Mbuyuni, Teita, April 5, 

 1892. 



All the specimens are out of plumage, and were shot out 

 of a flock of thirty or forty as they came down to drink 

 at a water-hole in the wilderness. Bill dusky red, lower 

 mandible pale coral-red ; eyelids orange ; iris brown ; feet 

 pale shrimp-brown. 



38. Spermestes cucullata. 



Spermestes cucullata Sw. ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 46 

 (Bukoba) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 184 (1894) ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 28 (1896). 



Nos. 841, 842. ^ . Kakamega, Kavirondo, Feb. 8, 1898. 

 Iris brown ; bill black, the lower mandible horn-blue ; feet 

 slaty black. 



No. 1152. ? . Nandi, 6500 feet. May 26, 1898. 



Now breeding, June 14. Selects old nests of Hyphantornis 

 7'eichenoivi, which it lines with fine grass-seed heads. Eggs 

 pure white. Up to date five has been the largest number 

 I found in any nest. Yesterday I found two eggs in a nest 

 of H. reicheiiowi. Both birds were in the nest, and only 

 flew out on my reaching up to the latter, which was in a 

 bush, about seven feet from the ground. The species does 

 not appear to build a nest for itself. 



39. Spermestes scutata. 



Spermestes scutata {}le,\x^.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mu-. 

 xiii. p. 265 (1890) ; Keichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, 

 p. 184 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 28 (1896). 



No. 51. c?. Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 12, 1893. -ri- 



