384 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



Trochocercus nitens. 

 S 1-2. 17. V. 14; 10.x. 14. 

 ? 1. 8.ix.l3. 



This also is uncommon and a forest-bird, of \Fhich little 

 is known. 



Localities. Mubango and Mabira Forests, in Uganda. 



Trochocercus reichenowi. 



Trochocercus reichenowi Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 630 : Fanti, 

 W. Africa. 



(? 1. 9.V.14. 

 ?. 10.x. 14. 



This is a good species, being quite distinct as regards 

 coloration and size. 



Localities. Mabira and Kasala, in Uganda. 



TcMtrea viridis. (Plate VIII.) 



S 10. 1906-15, in every month. 



? 6. 1906-14, in every month. 



This series includes birds in every stage of plumage. There 

 are two males with the whole of the under surface glossy 

 blue-black. Eggs of Chrysococcyx klaasi and C. cupreushvixe 

 been taken from nests of this species. These Flycatchers 

 breed twice a year and are very often double-brooded. 



Localities. Mabira, Jinja, Kyetema, Kagera, in Uganda ; 

 Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Tchitrea emini. 



cJ 9 ; ? 8. Collected in every month of the year. 



We have here dark birds and pale birds, and some females 

 with cream-coloured abdomens. These birds are found in 

 forests, more so than T. viridis. They w^ere found breeding 

 from April to June and from October to January. The nest 

 is a small structure of fibres bound together with cobwebs 

 and decorated with lichen. It is usually placed in an upright 

 fork of a branch, fairly low down. The eggs, two or three 

 in number, are pink in ground-colour, with red-brown spots 

 and blotches, most of the spots being concentrated in the 

 form of a ring round the greater diameter. We have taken 

 the eggs of Chrysococcyx klaasi from the nests of this bird. 



