obtained in British East Africa. 627 



Motacilla melanocephala Licht. ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 12 

 (1896). 



No. 821. J ad. Berkeley Bay, Jan. 81, 1898. Iris 

 brown ; bill brownish bldck, base of lower mandible horn- 

 white ; feet black. 



Two or three others seen running about on water-lilies 

 and other aquatic plants in a secluded nook in Berkeley Bay. 

 First individuals of this species seen. In company with 

 M. melunope. 



95. Motacilla melanope. 



Motacilla melanope Pall.; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 588; 

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



No. 900. $ ad. Ravine, 7500 feet, March 5, 1898. 

 Iris brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible horn-blue ; 

 feet dusky flesh-colour, toes darker. 



96. Anthus tkivialis. 



Anthus ii'ivialis (Linn.); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 588; 

 Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 199 (1894) ; Shelley, 

 B. Africa, i. p. 12 (1896). 



No. 433. S ad. Ravine, Dec. 8, 1896. Iris brown, 

 bill brown, lower mandible yellowish white ; feet brownish 

 flesh-colour. Plentiful. 



No. 599. S ad. Ravine, March 26, 1897. Bill brown, 

 l^wer mandible flesh-colour; feet flesh-colour, with dusky 

 toe-joints. 



No. 600. S ad. Ravine, April 2, 1897. 



97. Anthus pyrrhonotus. 



Anthus pyrrhonotKS (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 588 

 (Kikuyu) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 51 ; id. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afrikas, p. 198 (1894); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 12 (1896). 



a. Ad. Kikuyu. 



h. Ad. Kavirondo, Nov. 12, 1891. 



c. S ad. (No. 20). Ntebi, May 9, 1895. 



d. No. 33. 6 ad. Ntebi, Sept. 24, 1895. 



e. No. 834. 6 ad. Samia, Feb. 4, 1898. 



Iris brown ; bill dusky black, base of lower mandible yellow , 

 feet pale brown. 



This Pipit has a curious habit of fluttering up into the air 



