collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 249 



Upupa africana. 



<? & ? , and imm. ; c? 1- 15. v. 07 ; 12.x. 14 ; 12. x. 14. 



This species has a wide distribution [vide C. Grant, ' Ibis,' 

 1915, p. 279). They frequent the scrub and acacia country, 

 and are timid. A pair with youn^ in first plumage fre- 

 quented my garden in Nairobi in October. They fed hirgely 

 on white ants. 



Localities. Kyetema, in Uganda; Embu, Nakuru, and 

 Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Irrisor erythrorhynchus marwitzi. 



Irrisor erythrorhynchus marwitzi Reichenow,Orn.Monatsb. 

 1906, p. 171 : Wembere Steppes, German East Africa. 



(^1-2; ? 1. 15.iii.l2; 15.iii.l2; 18.iii.10. 



This species was frequently met with in the acacia-country. 

 They were seen in pairs or small flocks. There is a great 

 difference in the length of the bills of the males and females. 



In connection with Claude Grant's new subspecies, I. e. 

 ruwenzorcB ('Ibis,' 1915, p. 286), it is interesting to note 

 that in one of my specimens from Kal)ulamuliro, Uganda, 

 the third outer tail-feather on one side is unspotted, and on 

 the other side there is a single very small spot. In the 

 other two specimens these feathers have one small white 

 spot each. 



Localities. Kabulamuliro, in Uganda ; Elmenteita, in 

 British East Africa. 



Irrisor boUei jacksoni. 



S. 14.xi. 13. 



Jackson's Wood-Hoopoe was occasionally met with in the 

 forests^ but it was not common. The specimen procured is 

 moulting. 



Locality. Mabira Forest, in Uganda. 



Scoptelus pallidiceps. 



Scoptelus pallidiceps van Someren, Bull. B. O. C. xxxv. 

 1915, p. 116 : Kasala Forest, Uganda. 



^ 1-4. 14. V. 14 (type of the species) ; 22. vi. 14 ; 

 14.V. 14; 16.xii.l3. 



? 1-4. 9.V.14; 10. ill. 12; 14. v. 14 ; 9.x. 13. 



