608 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



fi'oiii the ground, i^ggs pure white. Five nestlings taken 

 from a tall tree on the 4th of June, 1898. Bill leaden- 

 grey ; wings black, without any spots of grey ; gape with 

 four yellow excrescences the size of no. 10 shot. On June 

 13th I found a nest with six young ones in a tree, 30 feet 

 from the ground. 



No. 1098. ^ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 2, 1898. 

 No. 1258. S ad. „ „ „ „ 



No. 1259. S juv. „ „ „ ,, 



[The presence of the little yellow knobs on the gape of 

 the nestling is interesting, and may be compared with the 

 wattles on the gape of Poephi/a gouldice, figured by me in 

 'Wonders of the Bird World' (p. 110).— R. B. S.] 



47. Uroloncha caniceps. 



Uroloncha caniceps (Reichen.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 356 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 251. 



Nos. 82-85. 2 juv. MutoNdai; Ngarunga Kiukiu, April2, 

 1892. I think these are immature birds, as they have 

 scarcely any white spots on the throat or sides of the face. 

 These two specimens were obtained out of a small flock at a 

 pool in the wilderness between the river Tsavo and Kibwezi, 

 and were the first I have ever seen in this part of the 

 country. The feet are dark horn-blue ; the bill also dark 

 horn-blue, the lower mandible being a little paler. Iris 

 brown. 



48. ESTRILDA MINOR. 



Estrilda minor (Cab.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 251 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1892, p. 48 ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 187 

 (1894). 



Nos. 496-504. S ? ad. Ravine, March 2, 1897. Iris 

 brown ; bill vermilion or bright coral-red ; feet brownish 

 black. Very plentiful. Goes about in flocks of from eight 

 to ten individuals, perhaps a family-party, and is sometimes 

 to the number of one hundred or more. It keeps up a con- 

 stant twitter when on the wing, but is quiet when feeding, 

 its food consisting of small grass-seeds. It makes a nest of 

 fine grass, very compact, lined with a few feathers. Eggs 

 white. It is partial to the vicinity of habitations. The 



