obtained in British East Africa. 625 



hill of Spilocorydon looks larger than in M. africana, hut 

 this difference is more apparent than real. The culmen is 

 slightly longer than the middle toe and claw, and there is a 

 conspicuous hlack patch at the side of the neck. The type 

 measured as follows : — Total length 8 inches, culmen 1*0, 

 wing 4'3, tail 2"95, tarsus 1"4; first primary 1*5. 



On recoraparing a Shoa specimen of Spilocorydon with 

 the series of M. africana, I notice that the general tint of 

 its colour is more ashy-brown, especially the inner second- 

 aries and inner greater coverts, as well as the tail. The 

 length of the tail appears to be the easiest character for the 

 recognition of Spilocorydon from Mirafra, for whereas 

 M. africana never has the tail longer than 2"7 inches, the 

 Shoa specimen of Spilocorydon, hypermetrus and two skins 

 collected by Lord Lovat have the tail 3*4 inches. — R. B. S.] 



88. PyrrhulaudxI leucopareia. 



Pyrrhulauda leucopareia (Fischer & Reichen.) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 651 (1890) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afrikas, p. 204 (1894); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 17 

 (1896). 



- No. 381. d. Njemps, Sept. 21, 1896. Iris brown ; bill 

 bluish white : feet dusky flesh-colour. Now in pairs in the 

 open sandy places round Njemps. 



Fam. MoTACiLLiD.*:. 



89. MOTACILLA ALBA. 



Motacilla alba Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 464 

 (1885) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 11 (1896). 



Nos. 855, 856. ? ad. et juv. Mumias, Feb. 5, 1898. 



Nos. 887, 888. $ ad. Ravine, 7500 feet, Feb. 25, 1898. 

 This is the first time I have seen any species of Wagtail at 

 the Ravine. 



[The specimens obtained by Mr. Jackson inciease our 

 knowledge of the winter range of the "White Wagtail, which 

 was previously known from Sokotra and Somaliland, but had 

 not been recorded from Equatorial Africa. The specimens 

 are all moulting into the spring plumage, — R. B. S.] 



