collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 403 



Lamprotornis purpuroptems. 



S 1-2. 28.ix. 10; 17.iv. 11. 



?. 28.ix. 10. 



The Lesser Green-lieadetl Purple Starling was seen in fair 

 numbers in the acacia-country. A nest containing two eggs 

 was taken in April. Young birds were shot in June. These 

 Starlings are quite musical. 



Localities. Singo, Mubendi, and Kariba's Camp, in 

 Uganda. 



Dinemellia dinemelli. 



S 1-2. 17.iv.ll. 



Both these specimens are in worn condition, especially 

 about the abdomen. In one specimen the upper and under 

 tail-coverts are orange-yellow — not bright orange-red. 

 Common in the acacia-country. Wings 112 ram. 



Localities. Kariba^s Camp, Nile Province, Uganda. 



Plocepasser melanorhynchus. 



c? 1-3. 22.x. 10; 5. iv. 11; 5. iv. 11. 



? . 22. X. 10. 



Fairly common. They were nesting in April in the Nile 

 district, in June in Erabu, and we have also taken nestlings 

 in March. Birds in first plumage were seen in July and 

 January. They build large, untidy nests of grass ; the eggs 

 are pink with reddish spots. 



Localities. Bukurungu and Kariba^s Camp, Uganda. 



Malimbus rubricoUis centralis. 



(? 1-7. 17.i.l4; 25.vi. 14; 7.iv. 11; l.iii. 12 ; 27. iv. 12 ; 

 7. v. 14; 15.xii.l3. 



? 1-7. 17.i. 14; 25.vi. 14; 5xii. 13;27.iv. 12; l.iii.l2; 

 5.xii. 13; 31. v. 12. 



A large series was collected. A male changing from the 

 first plumage to adult was shot in April. The first dress is 

 similar to the adult female's. These birds nest in single pairs 

 at the end of a branch of some tall tree. The nest is an 



