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



the Kavirondo country are larger and very much richer ia 

 colouring than those procured in Kikuyu. 



Localities. Kavirondo, Embu^ and Kyambu, in British 

 East Africa. 



Buphaga africana. 

 S 1-2. 10.vi.13; 5.vi.l4. 



We did not find this species so common as the next, 

 though it inhabited the same sort of country. 



Localities. Nakuru and Lumbwa, in British East Africa. 



Buphaga erythrorhyncha. 



$ 1-3. 22.vi.12; 20. vii. 12 ; 7.vii. 12. 



? 1. 20. vii. 12. 



The Red-billed Oxpecker was common in the Kavirondo 

 country. They were in flocks of twenty or more. Each 

 flock has its own herd o£ cattle on whose backs they feed. 

 They were breeding in June and July. Two birds from 

 Uganda are very dark and are moulting in pale feathers. 



Localities. Jinja and Kyetema, in Uganda ; Kisumu, in 

 British East Africa. 



Perissornis caruncnlatus. 



(J. 23.ii. 11. 



?.l-2. 23.ii.ll ; 20. vii. 12. 



The Wattled Starlings were seen in large flocks^ some- 

 times in company with B. erythrorhyncha. They feed 

 largely on grasshoppers and locusts^ and also on fruits. 

 They were seen in the scrub-country. A young moulting 

 bird was collected in October. 



Localities. Kabaleka and Jinja, in Uganda ; Kyambu, in 

 British East Africa. 



Spreo superbus. 



S 1-3. 17.iv.ll. 



Imm. S' 17.iv. 11. 



This beautiful little Starling was seen in the Nile Province 

 first and, later on, in British East Africa. They go in flocks 

 or pairs. We found them commonest in the scrub-country. 



