The Oologists' Record, March i, 1921. 



Reichenow (III, p. 830) is a mistake : he is clearly describing those 

 of the Morning Warbler, Cichladusa guttata {Heiigl.), when he speaks- 

 of a mud-built nest with uniform bright blue eggs. 



Pomatorhynchus senegalus (L.). The liquid whistling notes of 

 the Senegal Bush-Shrike resounded on all sides. I found many 

 nests, frail grass-built, root-lined structures, through which the two 

 or three eggs were always visible from below. Nests were placed 

 at from four to eight feet from the ground, usually not well con- 

 cealed. Not in one instance were the markings of the scrawly 

 bunting-like character generally attributed to this species. 



Ploceus nigriceps (Lay.), the Black-headed Weaver was nesting 

 in colonies on the great cocoanut fronds, generally over a village 

 and at a height of thirty or forty feet. Nests examined towards 

 the end of July had young of a size which indicated late June as 

 the laying season. I took one addled egg. 



Ploceus bojeri [{Hartl. Finsch) Cab.] Bojer's Weaver was 

 commoner on Mombasa Island than on the mainland. Nests were 

 usually within reach, on tall slender shrubs. I took one clutch of 3, 

 but 2 was usual. I did not find the differences in colour mentioned 

 by Reichenow, my series of over twenty eggs showing little variation. 

 On the whole they reminded me of the eggs of P. dimidiattts {Antin. 

 Salvad.) of Uganda, both in colour and size, which is curious, as 

 the birds are placed in different sub-genera. 



Spermestes scutata, Heugl. A set of six eggs of the Hooded 

 Weaver- Finch taken from a nest in a lemon tree near the Fort, 

 Mombasa, showed some variation in size inter se. The nest was 

 very small as compared with Nyasaland nests of this species. 



Urceginthus bengalus (L.). Bengali Finch. Most clutches of 

 this species on the Island numbered 4. and were taken from re-lined 

 nests of Ploceus bojeri [{Hartl. Finsch) Cab.]. I saw a few " inde- 

 pendent " nests, however. 



Pyromelana flammiceps {Sw.). The Zambezi Bishop-bird was 

 not uncommon on the island, but I did not see it on the mainland. 

 I only found one nest, which had young : it was built with nests of 

 the next species among a colony of Ploceus bojeri, but the much larger 

 size of the nest of P. flammiceps differentiated it easily. 



Pyromelana nigroventris (Cass.). The Black-bellied Bishop- 

 bird was commoner on the mainland. Three was my maximum 

 clutch. The eggs, like those of all the genus, are uniform dark 



