collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 463 



Sylvietta baraka. 



Sylvietta virens Cass. ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 631 

 [part.]. 



S 1-3. 7.xi.l4; 19.x. 14; 7.ix.l3. 



This rather rare bird was occasionaHy seen in the forest- 

 iindergrowth. Little is kuo"wn of its habits. 



Localities. Sezibwa River and Mabira Forests, and Nazigo, 

 in Uganda. 



Phylloscopus trochilus. 



1-15 specimens collected between August and March 

 1913-14. 



Localities. Mabira, Kyetema, Kivuvu, Kaina, and Nam- 

 wave Forests, in Uganda ; Nakuru, Londiani, and Nairobi, 

 in British East Africa. 



Sylvia simplex. 



^ 1-3. 5.xi. 14; 5.xi.l4; 23.ix. 10. 

 ? ]. l.iv. 12. 



Two of these birds are normal, while two are very large. 

 The bills are narrow and long, measuring from nostril to 

 tip 7'75 mm., and wings of 80-82 mm. There is no doubt 

 that these birds are S. simplex, but can they be a large 

 continental form which has not been recognised ? 



Localities. Mabira and Kyetema, in Uganda. 



Sylvia atricapilla. 



S 1-3. 26. xii. 12 ; 24. ii. 12 ; 27. xi. 12. 

 ?. 27.xi.12. 



One meets with a good many of this species during the 

 winter. They sing freely. 



Localities. Busiya, Jinja, in Uganda; Nakuru, in British 

 East Africa. 



Sylvia sylvia. 



S 1-2. 13.x. 12; 13.x. 12. 



? 1. 13.x. 12. 



These birds are in clean fresh plumage, the males being 

 as brightly coloured as in spring. They sing most lustily. 

 Locality. Nakuru, in British East Africa. 



