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of the verandah, like Sparrows. A female shot at Kawa, 
November 13, 1902, contained a full-sized egg, and I have 
found it breeding also in February, March, May, September 
and October.” 
From eastward of the Nile it has been found in flocks 
about Ailet and Ain, in the Anseba Valley, by Dr. Blanford ; 
by Antinori in the village of Aona and near Kursi; Mr. A. J. 
Cholmley obtained a specimen at Haddai on the Red Sea 
Coast, and Dr. Ragazzi a single specimen at Shoddé. Heuglin 
met with the species from Kordofan to the Somali coast in 
pairs and small flocks. Lord Lovat shot a specimen at Laga 
Hardin, and others have been procured in this district by Mr. 
Pease at Dahala and Choba, and at Hensa in Somaliland. In 
the latter country the species is apparently abundant, for 
specimens have been collected at a number of places by Dr. 
Donaldson Smith, Mr. Elliot and Mr. Hawker. 
In the district between the Tana River and Victoria Nyanza 
the species has been procured by Fischer at Mosiro, in Northern 
Ukamba; by Lord Delamere at the Waso Nyro River, on 
January 24 and 31, 1900, and on the 26th of the same month 
he obtained a specimen of U. caniceps, showing that the range 
of the two species meet at this river. Mr. Jackson, on 
April 2, procured specimens in Southern Ukamba and writes: 
‘| think these are immature birds, as they have scarcely any 
white spots on the throat or sides of the face. These two 
specimens were obtained out of a flock at a pool in the wilder- 
ness between the River Tsavo and Kibwesi, and were the first 
I have ever seen in this part of the country. Mr. Oscar 
Neumann obtained three specimens at Donje Ngai, and remarks 
that this is the first record from German Hast Africa. Dr. 
Reichenow does not mention the species in his work on 
the birds of that dominion, but specimens have been recorded 
by Fischer from the Lamu coast and Zanzibar, and also by 
Bohm from the latter place. 
