624 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



lined with fine fibrous roots. Eggs two, white, with circle 

 of black " bunting" marks at basal end. 



Fam. A L A u D I D .«. 



86. Tephrocorys cinerea. 



Tephrocorys cinerea (Gra.) ; Sliarpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 260 ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 14 (1896). 



Nos. 59, 60. $ s ad. Lake Naivasha, April 4, 1896. 

 Iris brown ; bill brownish horn, lower mandible whitish horn ; 

 feet brown. 



Nos. 727, 728. 6 ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 6, 1897. 



87. MiRAFRA AFRICANA. 



Mirufra africana Smith ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 260 

 (Ukambani) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 52 (Bussissi) ; id. 

 Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 202 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, 

 i. p. 16 (1896). 



No. 55. c5' ad. Lake Nakuru, April 1, 1896. Iris hazel; 

 bill brown, lower mandible horny white ; feet flesh-colour. 



No. 70. 5 ad. Lake Naivasha, April 20, 1896. Found 

 the nest in a tuft of grass, built entirely of fine dry grasses. 

 Two eggs, one much paler and with smaller spots than the 

 other. 



No. 32. J ad. Ntebi, Sept. 24, 1895. 



No. 66. 6 ad. Ntebi, Oct. 8, 1895. Iris bright hazel ; 

 feet fleshy brown. 



No. 726. $ ad. Lake Naivasha, 6000 feet, Aug. 6, 1897. 



No. 734. $ imm. Lake Naivasha, 6000 feet, Aug. 7, 

 1897. 



Nos. 740, 741, 742. 6 ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 8, 

 1897. 



[The large series of the present species sent by Mr. Jacksou 

 shows great variation in tint and markings, and the rufous 

 occipital patch is more distinct in some examples than in 

 others. I was at one time disposed to regard Spilocorydon 

 hypermetrus of Reichenow as identical with Mirafra africana, 

 but in 1898 Dr. Reichenow brought the type of his species 

 to England, and I was able to compare the two birds. The 



