collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 457 



Sclcenicola apicalis. 



c? & ? , 27. ix. 10. 



Not very common. A nest was procured in September. 



Localities, Kyakasengula and Jiuja, in Uganda. 



Bradypterus centralis. 



Bradypterus bradijpterus centralis Neumann, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xxi. 1908, p. 55 : German E. Africa. 



S 1-2. lO.vii. 12; 15.iv, 14. 



A nest of this species was procured in April in a reed-bed. 

 It was a deep cup-sliaped structure, composed of coarse 

 grass on the outside and lined with fibres on the inside. 

 The eggs are dirty pinky white, with red-brown and violet- 

 grey spots. Two were laid. 



Locality. Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Acrocephalus palustris. 

 S 1-2. 6. xi. 12 ; 27. xi. 12. 

 ? 1. 6.xi.l2. 



Occasionally obtained when on migration. One specimen 

 is very pale on the underside. 



I^ocality. Nakuru, in British East Africa. 



Prinia mystacea. (Plate XIII.) 



cJ 1-7. 15. vi. 12; 26. xi. 10; 31. vii. 09 ; 7. v. 12; 

 24. iv. 12 ; 26. ix. 10 ; 26. xi. 10. 



? 1-5. 31.V. 12; 26.vi. 12; 31. vii. 09; 31. vii. 09; 

 2. vii. 12. 



In this series the birds are all of one type. This group 

 has been sadly neglected and many good forms lumped to- 

 gether. Eor example, the bird from Sierra Leone is small 

 and dark, those from British East Africa and Uganda 

 larger and paler, those of Angola and Tanganyika very 

 rufous, while the southern birds are pale and the largest of 

 the group. 



Nests and eggs have been taken several times. It is a 

 common species. 



Localities. Kisumu and Kano in British East Africa ; 

 Magada, Kyetema, Chambura, and Kyakasengula, in 

 Uganda. 



