collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 397 



Corvus scapulatus. (Plate X.) 



c? & ? . 13. iii. 10. 



Found nesting in March and May. The eggs are green 

 or verdigris-green in ground-colour, with brown, grc}^ -brown, 

 and purply spots. These birds are common everywhere. 

 They are great scavengers. 



Localities. Kyetema, in Uganda ; Kisumu, in British 

 East Africa. 



Rhinocorax aflBnis. 



S. 17.vi.13. 



Seen in the Nile Province. 



Locality, Gondokoro, Uganda. 



Heterocorax capensis minor. 



(J & ? . IS.xii. 13. 



Seen, in considerable numbers, frequenting the newly 

 burnt grass-lauds, where they pick up birds, rodents^ and 

 locusts which have perished in the flames. They were 

 found nesting in single pairs in the acacia-country. The 

 nest was a large structure, built of twigs and grass, and 

 lined, with a thick felting of goat's hair. The eggs are 

 salmon-coloured with liver and lilac spots and blotches. 

 There were three in the clutch. 



Locality. Elmenteita, in British East Africa. 



Corvultur crassirostris. 



(?. lO.ii. 11. 



A single specimen of the Thick-billed Raven was pro- 

 cured. They are not common, and keep pretty well to the 

 dry acacia-country. 



Locality. Toro District, Uganda. 



Dicrurus afer. 



S 1-2. 9.x. 06; 19.vii.l0. 



$ imm. 27.vi. 12. 



The Pale-winged Drongo-Shrike was met with in the open 

 acacia-country or in native cultivations. They usually perch 

 high up on the top of some convenient tree, but when the 



