MO Mr. V. G. L. van Somereu on Birds 



Pycnonotus barbatus inicrus. (Plate XI.) 



Pycnonotus layardi micrus Oberholser, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xxviii. 1905, p. 891 : Taveta, B.E. Africa. 



(J & ? . 29.x. 14. Aud nestlings and imm. 



Common iu the forests and in gardens. They are most 

 frequently seen in pairs. They nest from April to July, aud 

 from November to January. 



We have taken the eggs of Cuculus solitarius and C. caffer 

 from their nests. The nest of this species is quite small, 

 but by the time the young Cuckoos are grown the nest 

 becomes large and flat, and shows many evidences of being 

 added to to meet the requirements of the occupants. Young 

 of C. solitarius do not appear to eject all the eggs or young 

 of their foster-parents, for on two occasions we have fouud 

 nests occupied by one Cuckoo aud two Bulbuls. 



Localities. Nairobi and Kyambu, British East Africa. 



Zosterops stuhlmanni. 



c^ 1-5. 10.vi.l2; 14.iv. 12; 20.vii.09; 30.iv. 10; 

 6. v. 12. 



? 1-6. 5.ii. 12; 19.i. 12; 13. vi. 12 ; 6. v. 12; 6. v. 12; 

 7.ii. 14. 



A common species, which can be distinguished from 

 Z. senegalensis by its darker yellow colouring and the 

 presence of a yellow forehead. 



These birds build a beautiful hanging nest of grass, lined 

 with fiue grass-fibres. The eggs (two or three in number) 

 are pure white or pure blue. They have been taken in 

 February, April, and July. 



These birds assemble iu large flocks after the nesting- 

 season is over. 



One of the specimens procured has a greyish mantle and 

 a wide buff-coloured band across the chest. 



Localities. Kyetema, Mabira, Sesse Isles, in Uganda. 



Zosterops flavilateralis. 

 J. lO.vi. 13. 



Seen in flocks and in pairs, in the forest and acacia 

 country. 



