obtained in British East Africa. 639 



126. Parus albiventris. 



Parus albiventris Shelley; Sliarpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 595 

 (Kikumbuliu) ; Reichen. Vog*. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 214 

 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 9 (1896). 



No. 191. c? juv. Ravine, July 22, 1896. Iris brown; 

 bill black ; feet horn-blue. Plentiful. Nearly always seen 

 in pairs. 



No. 228. d ad. Elgeyu, 6000 feet, Aug. 10, 1896. 

 Fairly plentiful. 



No. 494. Juv. Ravine, Feb. 28, 1897. Like our Great 

 Tit in habits. Singly or in pairs. Fairly plentiful. 



No. 595. 2 ad. Ravine, March 31, 1897. 



Nos. 652, 653, 668, 671. J $ ad. Ravine, July 15-18, 

 1897. 



No. 993. c^ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 15, 1898. 



Nos. 1028, 1029. d ad., ? imm. Nandi, June 24, 1898. 

 Plentiful in open wooded country. 



No. 1148. d ad. Nandi, May 25, 1898. 



No. 1176. ? imm. Nandi, May 31, 1898. 



No. 1199. ? imm. Nandi, June 8, 1898. 



No. 1211. 2 juv. Nandi, June 14, 1898. Very plentiful 

 in the open as well as in belts of forest. 



127. Parus barak^e, sp. n. 



Similis P. thruppi, sed macula nucliali alba vix conspicua, 



hypocliondriis griseis, tibiis albis, et margine interno 



primariorum albido, nee isabellino, distinguendus. Long. 



tot. 4-9 poll., culm. 0-4, alse 2-7, caudse 1-9, tarsi 0-75. 



Nos. 387, 388. d . Njemps, Sept. 26, 1896. Iris brown ; 



bill black ; feet horn- blue. First specimens seen. There 



were four or five of them together. 



[N.B. — On comparing Mr. Jackson^s specimens with the 

 series of P. thruppi in the British Museum, it is seen that 

 they are lighter underneath, and not so isabelline as 

 P. thruppi, which has the thighs of the same isabelline 

 colour as the abdomen. This isabelline colour also extends 

 along the quill- lining, whereas in P. barakce the inner edge 

 of the primaries and the thighs are white ; the sides of the 



