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1885, p. 139 Nahvasha ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, pp. 40, 75 Salanda, 

 Kagchi : 1891, p. 162 Mpa/pwa, Uniamwesi; Emm, t. c. p. 60 Ugogo; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 595 Kikumbuliu ; Reichen. Vog. Deutseh. 

 0. Afr. p. 214 (1893) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 119 (1896) ; Jackson, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 639 Ravine, Elgeyu, Nandi ; Hartert in Ansorge'a 

 " Under Afr. Sun," p. 352 (1899) Taru. 



Adult Male. Entirely black and white. Head, neck, back, wings, and tail 

 as in P. niger ; breast, thighs, and under tail-coverts white, with the sides 

 of the chest black. Total length 6 inches, culmen 045, wing 345, tail 2-9, 

 tarsus 0-8 " Bill black ; iris brown ; feet horn blue. Ravine, S , 15. 7. 97 " 

 (Jackson). 



Adult Female. Plumage similar to that of the male, but slightly duller. 

 Total length 5-4, culmen 0-4, wing 3, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-75. Nandi, ? , 8. 6. 98 

 (Jackson). 



The White-breasted Tit ranges in East Africa from about 

 7° S. lat. to the Equator. 



The first two specimens known of this species were sent to 

 me by Sir John Kirk from Ugogo in 1880, and it has not since 

 been recorded from further south, but these Tits have been 

 met with by Emm at Mpapwa and Mkigwa, Bohm found them 

 to be not uncommon at Kakoma, and Fischer at Kagehi on 

 Speke's Gulf, at Salanda, and Naiwasha Lake. 



Mr. Jackson collected specimens in British East Africa at 

 Ravine, Elgeyu, Kikumbuliu and Nandi, and informs us that 

 in habits it much resembles our Great Tit (Parus major), and 

 is generally to be met with in pairs and " is very plentiful in 

 the open as well as in belts of forest." 



Parus fasciiventris. 



Parus fasciiventrer, Reichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1893, p. 31 Euansori. ; 

 Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 122 (1896). 



Type. Head and throat black ; nape, back and least wing - coverts 

 brownish grey ; abdomen white with black spots down the centre ; flanks 

 greyish ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, the latter edged with white ; quills, 

 greater and median wing-coverts with white edges ; the quills also have white 



