248 Mr, V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



They are noisy birds, especially when going to roost. Eggs 

 were procured in June, from nests in a bank, and one clutch 

 from a nest under an overhanging rock on the side of the 

 bank. 



Young birds in first dress were shot in June. 



Localities. Sezibwa River, Mpurau, and Kyetema, in 

 "Uganda ; Kano, in British East Africa. 



Merops persicus. 



c? & ? . 25.iv. 11 ; 9.x. 11. 



These birds were seen in flocks on the Toro Crater Lakes. 

 They were also met with in the Nile Province. They 

 perched on the reeds by the water-side and roosted in these 

 reed-beds at night. 



Specimens collected in October are worn. 



Localities. Fort Portal and Gondokoro, in Uganda. 



Merops superciliosus. 



S. S.ix.lO. 



? 1-3. 24.vi.12; 21.vi.06; 24.vi.06. 



These birds were seen in fair numbers in Uganda and in 

 British East Africa. They frequented the scrub and acacia 

 country, and were in flocks or in pairs. In the Kano 

 district they were breeding in May and June. 



Localities. Gwamba, Kyetema, Mpumu, in Uganda ; Kano, 

 in British East Africa. 



Merops nuhicus. 



cJ 1-3 ; $ 1-3. 24.iv. 11 ; 3.ii.09. 



All these specimens of the Rosy Bee-eater are in worn 

 condition, no doubt as the result of the breeding-season, for 

 there were many young birds in first plumage in the flocks. 

 Some of the adults were moulting. 



Locality. Gondokoro, in Uganda. 



Upupa senegalensis. 



S 1-2. 7.x. 14; 12.vii. 10. 



These birds have no white between the black and rufous 

 of the crest, and the primaries are banded with white. 



Localities. Kyetema, in Uganda; Nakuru, in British East 

 Africa. 



