collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 441 



Localities. Embu and Kenia district, British East 

 Africa. 



Anthreptes axillaris. 



(5^1-8. 3.xi.l3; 14. v. 14; 27.ix. 13; 17.xii. 13; 

 24.ii. 14; 15.xi. 14; 17.i. 14. 



? 1-8. 10.x. 14; 15.xi. 14; 15.xi. 14; 5. v. 14 ; 

 17.xii.l3; 5. iii. 14 ; 24. iii. 14 ; 27.ix.13. 



The Grey-headed Suu-bird has been procured in the 

 Mabira Forest, also in the other large forests in the same 

 locality. 



This species keeps to the forests. A young bird was 

 collected in May. 



Localities. Mabira, Mubango, Sezibwa River, and Kyetema 

 Forests, Uganda. 



Anthreptes coUaris hypodilus. 

 c^ 1-2. 13. iii. 12; 6. ix. 13. 

 ? 1-3. 13. iii. 13; 25.vi. 14; 25.vi. 14. 



This small Sun-bird frequents the open forests and gardens 

 where there are trees and flowering shrubs. Young birds 

 were obtained in June, and nests and eggs in May and June. 

 The nest is small and neat, and is composed of grass-fibres 

 and bark-fibres, especially from the wild heliotrope. The 

 outside is adorned with lichens, leaves, and cobwebs ; the 

 inside is lined with vegetable-down. The eggs (two in 

 number) are pale brownish-white or buff, with spots and 

 streaks of dark brown. 



Localities. Mabira, Mubango, and Kyetema Forests, 

 Uganda; Kenia and Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Anthreptes tephrolaema, 



c? 1-5. 14.ii. 14; 12.ii. 14; 14. ii. 14; 13.ii. 14; 

 13.V.13. 



? . 3. V. 14. 



The Grey-chinned Sun-bird is not a common species, and, 

 like others of this group, is found in the forests. Quite 

 young birds were shot in April. 



Locality. Mabira Forest, in Uganda. 



