obtained in British East Africa. 609 



crops of all these birds were full of small, soft, evidently 

 unripe grass-seeds, which had a disagreeable, sickly smell. 

 No. 1232. 6 ad. Nandi, 6000 feet, June 23, 1898. 



49. ESTRILDA NONNULA. 



EstrUda nonnula Hartl. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 pp. 400, 669 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 30 (1896). 



Estrilda tenerrima Reicheu. J. f. O. 1892, p. 47; id. Vog. 

 deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 187 (Karagwe; Bukoba). 



No. 849. $ . Nandi forest, 6000 feet, Feb. 10, 1898. Iris 

 brown; bill black, with a crimson streak ou both sides of 

 the culmen ; base of lower mandible also crimson ; feet 

 black. 



Nos. 1051, 1053, 1060, 1061. c? ? • Nandi, 6500 feet, 

 April 30 to May 4, 1898. 



50. Estrilda ph(enicotis. 



Estrilda phcenicotis Sw. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mns. xiii. 

 p. 400 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 251. 



No. 61. S- Kibwezi, 3000 feet, March 16, 1892. Iris 

 pale brown ; bill unripe plum-colour, the tip darker ; feet 

 pale shrimp-brown. 



This pretty little bird is found everywhere in the country. 

 Its nest is made of dry grass, and is found in various 

 positions, such as in a low bush, in a mimosa- or acacia-tree, 

 30 feet from the ground, in the thatch of a native hut, or in 

 the deserted nest of the common Yellow Weaver-bird. 



51. Granatina ianthinogaster. 



Granatina ianthinogaster (Reichen.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 404 (1890) ; Reichen. Vog. deatsch. Ost-Afrikas, 

 p. 186 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 29 (1896). 



No. 63. S ad. Lake Naivasha, April 6, 1896. Iris 

 Indian-red ; eyelids red ; bill crimson, darker at base ; feet 

 black. 



Nos. 770, 771. c? ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 14, 1898. 



No. 810. ? ad. „ „ Aug. 27, 1897. 



[All these specimens belong to the true dark-coloured 

 G. ianthinogaster, and are easily distinguishable from 

 G. hawJi'eri Lort Phillips, from Somaliland. — R. B. S.] 



