collected m Uganda and British East Africa. 461 



? 1-5. 8.i. 12; 31.iii.l2; 12.ix. 13; 7.ii. 14; 6.vi. ]2. 



Imm. 6. vi. 12 ; 6. x. 14. 



A common species. We have taken nests in April, May, 

 and June, and again in December and January. Two leaves 

 are sewn together, and then the nest is built between them 

 and is composed of grass, bark-fibres, and a few hairs. The 

 eggs may be white, or white with reddish-brown spots. 



Localities. Kyetema, Mpumu, Mabira, Kasala, and 

 Kabaraba, in Uganda. 



Camaroptera griseigularis. 



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

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



(J & ? . 18.vi.l4. 



This is a dark bird, with a dark grey underside without 

 any white. Its nests and eggs are exactly like those of the 

 preceding species. 



Locality. Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Camaroptera toroensis. 



Stjlviella toroensis Jackson, Bull. B. O. C. xv. 1905, p. 38 : 

 Toro, Uganda. 



S l-Q. 24.ii.14; 7. v. 14 ; 19.x. 13; 17.xii.l3; 

 17.xii.l3. 



? 1-4. 17.xii. 13 ; 24.ii.14; 8.ii. 14 ; .17.i. 14. 



This species turned out to be quite a common bird. It 

 frequented the forest-undergrowth, and was noisy. Wings, 

 S 54-58, ? 48-50 mm. 



Localities. Bugoma, Mabira, and Kasala Forests, in 

 Uganda. 



Camaroptera brevicaudata pulchra. 



Camaroptera brevicaudata pulchra Zedlitz, J. Ornith. lix. 

 1911, p. 331 : Angola. 



^ 1-2. 2.xii. 14; 17.ii.l4. 

 ? 1. 14.ix.l3. 



Count Zedlitz has separated these birds into several sub- 

 species, but some of them are not good ones. Uganda birds 

 are very near C. pulchra, but differ in having the cheeks 



