W. E. OGILYIE-GEANT— AYES. 383 



v,w. 6. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 10,000 ft., lst-3rd Feb. [Nos. 1208, 

 1216. I). C] 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet olive-brown, greenisb-brown, or brown. 



The genera forming this section of the Pycnonotidas are greatly in need of revision ; 

 at the present time the species included in them are in a state of confusion. For 

 instance, such birds as the present species and Xenocichla albigularis Sharpe are both 

 placed by Reichenow in the genus Phyllastrephus, though structurally they are very 

 different. 



An egg of this species is of a rather blunt oval form and slightly glossy. The 

 ground-colour is pinkish- white, heavily blotched and clouded with dark brown 

 and leaden-grey, and with a few indistinct spots of deeper brown. It measures 

 •96X-71 in. 



[The Kikuyu Bulbul is the most plentiful bird found on Ruwenzori. It frequents 

 the forest-zone, but was found in the valleys as high as 10,000 ft. It is not a shy bird 

 and was continually turning up in unexpected places, in the darkest and densest 

 undergrowth, in the tops of the tallest trees, and in the bamboo-jungles. Although 

 really one of the most familiar birds to us, it seemed to have a singularly unfortunate 

 gift of continually appearing to be a quite different bird, and for this reason was con- 

 stantly being shot by mistake. A nest found on the -4th of March, 1907, on Ruwenzori 

 at 8000 ft., was placed in the undergrowth about 5 ft. from the ground and was composed 

 of fine roots, grass, and moss ; the female was sitting on a single egg. — R. B. IF.] 



Xenocichla lkucol-ema Sharpe. 



Xenocichla leucoUema Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 10 (1902) [Toro] ; Grant, Ibis, 1908, 



p. 302 [Kasongo, Upper Congo]. 

 Phyilastrephus albigularis Reich, (nee Sharpe) Vog. Afr. iii. p. 400 (1901) [part.]. 

 Bleda albigularis Sharpe (nee Sharpe, 1881), Ibis, 1907, p. -159 [Cameroon]. 



a. 6 . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 21th July. [No. 1755. I). C] 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet grey. 



As already remarked ('Ibis,' 1908, p. 302), this species appears to be distinct from 

 Xenocichla albigularis Sharpe [Cat. Birds B. M. vi. p. 103, pi. vii. fig. 1 (1881)] from 

 Fantee, which is a very much smaller bird. So far as I am aware, the latter is only 

 known from the type-specimen, of which the sex is not indicated. 



Xenocichla l^etissima Sharpe. 



Andropadus ketissimus Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. 27 (1899) [Nandi] ; Reich. Vog. Air. iii. 

 p. 410 (1904). 



a-c. 6 ? . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., llth-19th Sept. [Nos. 538. 

 R. E. I). ; 3562, 3571. B. B. W.] 



