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Iris brown ; bill dark horn-blue, lower mandible paler ; feet 

 dull liorn-blue. 



[I have compared this specimen with the types in the 

 British Mnseum^ and consider them identical in every respect. 

 The finding of the species at Kibwezi extends its known 

 range considerably. — R. B. S.j 



43. Amadina fasciata. 



Sporothlastes fasciatus (Gm.) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. gcs. Orn. 

 i. p. 323 (1884: Nguruaian) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 (2) p. 179 (1884), vi. p. 283 (1888 : Shoa) : Reichen. Vog. 

 deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 183 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. 

 p. 2Q (1896). 



Nos. 78, 81. ? ad. Uugarunga, Kinani, April 2, 1892. 

 Bill dark horn-blue ; legs flesh-colour ; iris pale brown. 

 These specimens;, both of which are adult, were also ob- 

 tained out of a small flock as they came down to drink at a 

 rock-pool, known in East Africa as '' Ungarunga,'Mn the 

 bushy wilderness between the river Tsavo and Kibwezi. 



44. ZoNOGASTRIS MELBA. 



Zonogastris melba (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xiii. 

 p. 296 (1890). 



Pitylia melba Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 186 

 (1894). 



Pijtelia melba Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 32 (1896). 



No. 42. ? . Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 10, 1892. Iris 

 crimson, with a shade of orange ; bill dusky crimson ; feet 

 pale shrimp-brown. 



Nos. 72, 73. (5^ ad. Kibwezi, April 10, 1892. Iris hazel, 

 with crimson tint ; bill bright red ; feet bluish flesh-colour. 



No. 73 was shot as it left its nest, which was built of dry 

 grass very roughly put together, with no extra lining, and 

 placed in a low stunted bush, about 3 feet from the ground. 

 The egg is pure white. This species is fairly plentiful 

 throughout the country. 



No. 386. <$ ad. Njemps, Sept. 26, 1896. Iris bright 

 brown ; bill carmine, with the base of the upper mandible 

 black; feet earthy brown. Scarce. 



