collected in East Africa. 245 



Coliostruthus ardens, Fischer^ J. f. O. 1885, p. 135 (Nguru 

 Mountains) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293 (Kilima-njaro). 

 Nos. 14, 15, 21. Mararu, Teita, Dec. 12 and 13, 1888. 



19. PeNTHETRIA LATICAUDA. 



Penthetria laticauda (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 218 (1890) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 326 (Komboko, 

 Susua, Great Aruscba, Naivasha) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 135. 



Coliuspasser laticauda, Salvad. Ann, Mus. Civic. Genov. 

 (2) i. p. 182 (1884 ; Shoa), vi. p. 286 ; Reichen. J. f. O. 

 1887, p. 70 (Ukira) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293 (Kilima- 

 njaro). 

 No. 13. c? ad. Elgeyo, July 4, 1890 ; alt. 8000 to 9000 



feet. — Only seen in long reeds and bulrushes at the 



swampy end of the small lake on the top of Elgeyo. 



Evidently breeding. 

 No. 61. ^ ad. Lake Nahuro, Masai, July 23, 1890.— Bill 



and legs black; irides brown. Very plentiful in the 



long grass near Lake Nahuro. 

 '' This bird has a curious habit of making a playground for 

 itself. I noticed several in the long grass, and I saw the 

 male evidently playing, as it darted several times into the air 

 to a height of about four feet, and then darted down again. 

 Their Splaying- ground^ is evidently a work of some time, 

 as the grass is all worn away in an irregular circle, with the 

 exception of a small tuft left in the centre with two or three 

 little recesses at the base, which are evidently the result of 

 the birds^ play.^^ 

 No. 90. (^ juv. Lumbwa, Oct. 8, 1889. — Irides brown ; 



legs slaty flesh- colour. 

 I have not had a sufficient number of young birds of 

 P. laticauda for a comparison with this specimen, which 

 may after all be a young of P. ardens, though it is almost 

 impossible to distinguish the immature birds of these two 

 allied species. 



20. Penthetria eques. 



Penthetria eques (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 220 (1890) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 326 (Maurui). 



