collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 4J;9 



Parus funereus. 



S 1-3. 5.x. 14. 

 ? 1-2. 5.x. 14. 



Two adults and three immature specimens of this species 

 were procured in the forests. They were in flocks of ten or 

 more searching in the tree-tops for insects. They kept up 

 a continuous piping call as they flitted about. The young 

 birds represent two stages of the immature dress. In the 

 first stage the plumage is dull black with little or no green 

 gloss on the back and head, and the coverts have white 

 terminal spots. In the second stage the head and upper 

 surface is glossed and the underside is a deeper black, while 

 the wings still retain the white terminal spots to the coverts. 

 Birds in this first stage have been described as a separate 

 subspecies, under the name of P. griseoniger. 



Localities. Mubango and Mabira Forests, Uganda. 



Parus albiventris. 



S 1-3. 8.vii.l3; 28.xii. 12. 



The White-bellied Tit was not seen in Uganda, but it was 

 fairly common in British East Africa. They frequent the 

 forests and gardens where there are tall trees. We had 

 them breediog in our garden at Nairobi. They had tlieir 

 nest in a hole in a decaying tree-stump. 



These birds were in large flocks in December in the 

 Kyamhu Forest. 



Localities. Nairobi and Kyambu, in British East Africa. 



Anthoscopus roccattii. 



Anthoscopus roccattii Salvadori^ Boll. Mus. Torino, xxi. 

 no. 542, 1906, p. 2 : Entebbe, Uganda. 



c? & ? . 8.vi. 12; 16.vi.l2. 



The Little Yellow-fronted Tit was occasionally seen in 

 the forest. They were breeding in June. The nest is a 

 beautiful structure, composed entirely of cotton-wool. It 

 is pear-shaped, with an opening at one side towards the top. 

 This opening is furnished with a short tubular entrance, and 

 below this is a platform on which the birds alight before 



