collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 467 



Commou. They were breeding in May. The nest was 

 built in a small depression in a bank, overhung with grass. 

 It was composed of rootlets and lined with grass-fibres and 

 hairs. It contained two young birds. 



Young birds were also shot in October and November, so 

 that these birds must also have eggs in October or the end 

 of September. There are few East African birds which do 

 not breed twice a year. 



Localities. Kisala_, Kitoon, Mbarara, Kyakasengula, in 

 Uganda. 



Pratincola salax. 



S 1-2. 14.xii.l3; 17.xii. 13. 

 ?. 19.iv. 13. 



This species is larger than the Uganda bird. They were 

 nesting in May. The nest was built in a slight hole in the 

 side of an open earth-ditch. It was made of rootlets and 

 grasses, and lined with fibres and hairs. The eggs are dirty 

 olive-green, spotted and blotched with brown ; the surface 

 is glossy. 



Localities. Nakuru, Ravine, and Kabete, in British East 

 Africa. 



Turdinus ugandae. 



Turdinus uganda van Somereu, Bull. B. O. C. xxxv. 1915, 

 p. 125 : Sezibwa River Forest, Uganda. 



c? 1-6. 6. xi. 14 ; 16. xi. 14 [ Type c? ] ; 4. v. 12 ; 

 6.xii.l4; 16. xi. 14. 



? 1-5. 6.xii. 14; 30. iv. 14 [TT/pe $]; 22. iii. 13 ; 

 12.xi.l3. 



These birds difter from T. fulvescens in having the throat 

 pure white and the under surface paler. They inhabit the 

 undergrowth of forests, and are difficult to procure. 



Localities. Kyetema, Mabira, Kasala, and Sezibwa River 

 Forests, in Uganda. 



Turdinus barakse. 



Turdinus barakce Jackson, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. 1906, p. 90 : 

 Toro, Uganda. 



