obtained in British East Africa. 607 



45. CoCCOPYGIA. KILIMENSIS. 



Coccopygia kilimensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 250; Shelley^ 

 B. Africa/i. p. 29 (1896). 



Spurceginthus quartinia (Bp.) ; Reiclieu. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afrikas, p. 188 (1894). 



No. 52. S ad Havine, March 24, 1896. Iris dark 

 crimson ; bill brownish black, lower mandible blood-red ; 

 feet brownish black. 



No. 615, ? ad. Ravine, April 10, 1897. Feet olive- 

 brown. 



No. 628. ? ad. Ravine, April 14, 1897. Fairly plentiful 

 in small flocks of six to ten. 



46. NiGRITA SCHISTACEA. 



Nigrita schistacea Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 118 (Sotik) ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 27 (1896) ; Oscar Neum. Orn. MB. 

 vii. p. 63 (1899). 



Nigrita sparsimguttata, Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 132; 

 id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 185 (1891: Bukoba); Oscar 

 Neum. Orn. MB. vii. p. 63 (1899). 



Nos. 130, 135. S ■ Nandi, 6500 feet, June and July 1896. 



No. 134. 2. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 1, 1896. Iris 

 orange-red ; bill and feet black. 



No. 848. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 10, 1898. Iris 

 yellowish brown ; bill black ; feet dull brown. 



No. 1042. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 26, 1898. 

 Iris ochreous hazel. 



Found in the bush bordering forest, and also in the bush 

 inside open forest, where it is generally seen singly or in 

 pairs. 1 have never seen more tlian a pair together. When 

 searching for food in the early morning it often favours the 

 tops of the tallest trees, but later on and throughout the day 

 it is mostly found in the bush. So far the only place I have 

 met with it is Nandi, where it appears to be not uncommon 

 both in the vicinity of the Government Station and along 

 the road for some ten miles as far east as Kampi Mawe. 

 Breeds in May. Nest large, made entirely of strips of fine 

 dry bark of pink-flowering large-leaved shoots. One was 

 7 feet from the ground; another was in a tall tree, 30 feet 



