204> Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



Sarothrnra bonapartei. 

 c?. 20.ii.l2. 



This is an interesting bird. It is very much darker than 

 S. bonapartei from the type-locality. The chestnut of the 

 fore-part is deep ; the throat is not pale. Two specimens 

 from the same locality are alike. 



It is a rare bird, frequenting the forests and forest- 

 streams. 



Locality. Kyetema, Kiagwe, in Uganda. 



Sarothmra elegans reichenowi. 



Sarothrura elegans (A. Smith) ; Rcichenow^ Vog. Afr. i. 

 p. 287 [part.]. 



c? . 20. ii. 12. 



This species is very near S. elegans elegans, but the brown 

 of the foreparts is darker ; the throat is not pale. The 

 spotting on the back is paler and larger ; in some specimens 

 the spots on the wings are almost white. The spotting on 

 the under surface is not so well defined, but is irregular 

 and broken up. The bill is slightly shorter and deeper. A 

 rare species. 



Locality. Kyetema Forest, Kiagwe, in Uganda. 



Porphyrio porphyrio. 



c? & ? . 14. vi.06. 



Found in the dense reed-beds of the larger swamps. 



Locality. Lwala, in Uganda. 



Porphyrio alleni. 



c? 1-2 ad. ; 1-2 imm. 17. vi. 06 ; 24. vii. 12. 



The Blue Waterhen is fairly abundant in the swamps and 

 reed-beds. A nest of this species was found in September. 

 The eggs are a pinkish creamy-white with red-brown and 

 greyish spots. 



Localities. Lwala and Jinja, in Uganda; Kisumu and 

 Lake Nakuru, in British East Africa. 



Gallinula chloropus meridionalis. * 



Stagnicola meridionalis Brehm, Vogelf. 1855, p. 331 : 

 South Africa. 



