ohtained in British East Africa. 615 



full plumage, the head is black, like that of the old female. 

 Even in adult males the amount of black on the throat 

 varies, and in one of them the throat is entirely yellow. — 

 R. B. S.] 



59. Sycobrotus nandensis, sp. n. 

 Similis >S^. amaarocephalo Cab., sed suprh, schistacea, pileo 

 undique gulaque nigerrimis. Long. tot. 5*5 poll., culm. 

 0'7 , alse 3*15, caudae 2"1, tarsi 0'95. 



No. 961. ? . Nandi, 6000 feet, April 10, 1896. Iris 

 dtill crimson; bill horn-blue, with the tip black; feet flesh- 

 colour. 



[Compared with Prof. Cabanis's description and figure of 

 S. amaurocephalus (J. f. O. 1880, p. 349, pi. 31. fig. 1), 

 Mr. Jackson^s Nandi bird is very much greyer, and has the 

 head and throat entirely black. In this respect it also differs 

 from the specimen of <S^. amaurocephalus, also a female, 

 collected by Mr. McCloun in Nyasaland (c/. Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 368), which agrees with Cabanis^s description 

 and has a brownish back, and a blackish-brown head and 

 throat; it is also slightly larger (wing 3"4) than the Nandi 

 specimen. The latter has the centre of the fore-neck 

 mottled with black bases to the feathers, a feature only 

 slightly indicated in 8. amaurocephalus. — R. B. S.] 



60 SiTAGRA LUTEOLA. 



Sitagra luteola (Liclit.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 425 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 38 (1896). 



No. 252. ? . Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 13, 1896. Iris 

 hazel ; bill black ; feet pale horn-blue. Breeding. Nest 

 with a long pipe to the entrance. 



No. 293. S • Elgeyu, Aug. 18, 1896. Iris pinkish brown ; 

 bill black; feet pale horu-blue. 



No. 294. ? . Elgeyu, Aug. 18, 1896. Iris yellowish 

 brown ; bill dusky black; feet pale horn-blue. 



No. 366. ? . Gnasa Molo valley, Sept. 19, 1896. Iris 

 pale crimson-brown ; bill and feet dusky horn-blue. 



No. 375. 6 ad. Njemps, Sept. 20, 1896. Iris yellowish 

 brown; bill black ; feet horn-blue. 



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