460 Mr. V. G. L. van Soineveu on Birds 



Eminia lepida. 

 ? . 22. vii. 12. 



Not a common species. It frequents the undergrowth of 

 forests and the scrub-country. It has a beautiful song. 

 They were breeding in May. 



Locality. Chagwe, Uganda. 



Eminia hypochlorus. 



Eminia hypochlorus Mearns, Smithson. Misc. Coll. 

 Washington, Ivi. no. 20, 1911, p. 10 : Wambugu, B. E. 

 Africa. 



S. 29.vi. 14. 



We have frequently come upon these birds in the dense 

 forest-undergrowth and in the scrub, and though they had 

 nests in the locality we could not find them. It is not a 

 common bird. 



Localities. Nairobi and Kyambu, in British East Africa. 



Macrosphenus zenkeri. 



^ & ? , 2 each. 14. ii. 14 ; 17. xii. 13 ; 29. xii. 14. 

 All these birds are adults and are not young of M. 

 flavicans. Wings, (J 58 mm., ? 53-54 ram. 



Localities. Mabira and Kyetema Forests, Uganda. 



Macrosphenus flavicans ngandae. 



Macrosphenus flavicans ugandcB van Someren, Bull. 

 B. O. C. XXXV. 1915, p. 126 : Mabira Forest, Uganda. 



S 1-6. 14.i.l4 [Type^-, 7. ii. 14 ; 17. xii. 13; 5.x. 14; 

 17.xi. 13. 



? 1-6. 13.iii. 13; 14.ix.l3; 7. ii. 14 ; 17.xi.13. 



The Uganda birds, which I have described under the 

 above name, are altogether brighter than M. flavicans. The 

 bill is longer. Wings, S 63-65 mm., ? 57-63 mm. 



Localities. Mabira, Kasala, and Mubango, in Uganda. 



Camaroptera tincta. 



Camaroptera griseoviridis (v. Miill.) ; Reichenow, Yog. 

 Afr. iii. p. 616 [part.]. 



S 1-7. 10. xii. 12; 23. vi. 14 ; 4. v. 12 ; 9.ix.l3; 

 5.x. 14; 24.vi.12; 25.i.l2. 



