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12. CiNNYRls LUDOViCENSis. Northern Double-collared 

 Sunbird. 



One only observed near the Lugenda River. 



13. CiNNYRis GUTTURALis, Scarlet-chested Sunbird. 



A pair seen at Kissanga on the coast, and occasionally 

 met with along route. 



14. Urolestes melanoleucus. Long-tailed Shrike. 

 Met vi^ith throughout the bush country from the coast to 



about the Lugenda River. Above an elevation of 1800 

 feet or thereabouts no more were seen. Always noticed a few 

 together. 



15. Telephonus senegalus. Black-headed Bush-Shrike. 

 This bird appears to be sparingly distributed throughout 



the bush country, especially west of the Lugenda, but is 

 nowhere common. 



16. Prionops talacoma. Smith's Helmet-Shrike. 



Met with everywhere throughout the route from within a 

 few miles of the coast right up to Nyassa. Usually observed 

 in parties of not less than six and not more than twenty indi- 

 viduals ; they frequented both the uninhabited forest and the 

 cultivated millet-lands. It was also met with up in the moun- 

 tains at a height of between 3000 and 4000 feet, where other 

 birds were infrequently encountered. 



Crateropus. — During the journey I was unable to obtain 

 a specimen of a Babbler nor even to get a sight of one, 

 though on a few occasions I heard them in the bush not far 

 off. To the best of my belief, the chattering was not quite 

 similar to that of Cjardinii, which is so very common in the 

 neighbourhood of the Sabi River, in the Eastern Transvaal. 

 The genus is, however, I should say, not very strongly repre- 

 sented in so far as the particular line of country traversed is 

 concerned. 



17. Pycnonotus layardi. Black-capped Bulbul. 



A few individuals seen near the coast at an elevation of 

 about 100 feet : not noticed afterwards. 



