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in Somaliland bj E. poliupleura. There is a fair series 

 from Zomba in the British Museum. In German Bast 

 Africa specimens have been collected by Bohm at Kakoma 

 and Simbaveni, where he found a nest on April 23, con- 

 taining two eggs ; these were greyish white with a zone of 

 sepia brown streaks and freckles : native name " Kassongur." 

 Emin met with it in Ugogo, and Fischer's collections contain 

 specimens from many places, including the Pangani river, 

 Wapokomoland, and Barawa on the south Somali coast. 



In British East Africa Mr. Hunter procured a specimen 

 at the Useri river, Fischer records it from Naiwasha lake, 

 Mr. Jackson found it at the Eldoma ravine and at Kamassia, 

 and on August 23, 1896, he discovered its nest in a thorn 

 bush, three feet from the ground. It was " made of grass, 

 lined with fine fibrous roots. Eggs two, white, with circle 

 of black bunting marks at basal end." In Uganda Dr. 

 Stuhlmann obtained a specimen at Manjonjo. 



The type of E. flavigaster was procured by KUppell in 

 Kordofan, where he found the species, during the winter 

 months, frequenting the low scrub. According to Heuglin 

 these Buntings arrive, during the early summer, in Bogos, 

 Abyssinia and Kordofan, and breed there in November and 

 December, and are generally to be seen singly or in pairs, 

 perched on the scattered trees and roosting near water. 

 He questions whether the immense flocks seen by Hartmann 

 in S. Sennaar about the middle of June, were rightly identified 

 as the present species. In the British Museum there are 

 specimens collected by Mr. Jesse at Senafe in Abyssinia, in 

 May, and at Rairo in Bogosland, in August, and Dr. Blanford 

 found the species to be rare in the Anseba valley; he met 

 with it also in Habab at about 3,000 feet above the sea 

 level. Antinori procured specimens on the Anseba in May 

 and June, and at Sciotel in July they were breeding, and 



