collected in East Africa. 247 



No. 56. S ad. Masai Land, July 22, 1890. — Bill pale pea- 

 green, the base of the lower mandible up to the nostril 

 black ; legs dark " shrimp ^^-brown ; iris brown. Seen in 

 flocks in the long grasses. 



No. 57. S j^v. Masai Land, July 22, 1890. — Legs pale 

 brown; bill pale horn- brown, lower mandible whitish 

 brown ; iris brown. 



Nos. 58, 59. ? ad. Masai Land, July 22, 1890.— Seen in 

 flocks in the long grasses in the vicinity of old sites of 

 villages in the Masai country north of Lake Nahuro. 



No. 60. S ad. Masai Land, July 23, 1890.— Soft parts as 

 in No. 56. 



22. Penthetriopsis soror. 



Penthetriojjsis soror, Reichen. J; f. O. 1887, p. 70 (Ka- 

 wanga) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 223. 

 No. 12. c? ad. Kavirondo, June 24, 1890. — Legs black ; 

 bill black, edge of lower mandible pale horn-blue ; 

 irides brown. Plentiful in the long grassy hollows. 

 This species is barely separable from P. macrocerca, but is 

 a trifle smaller, and has the wing-spot rather more of a 

 lemon-yellow. 



. 23. Urobrachya phgenicea. 



Urobrachija phcenicea (Heugl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 225 (1890). 



Penthethria phcenicea, Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 70 (Kagehi, 

 Magu, Ukira). 



Penthethria ( Urobrachya) sanziharica, Fischer, Zeitschr. i. 

 p. 326 (1884; Maurui). 



Urobrachya zanzibarica, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885., p. 134 

 (Maurui, Tschara, Engatana). 



Nos. 114, 115, 116. c? j^iv. Victoria Nyanza, Oct. 26, 

 1889. — Bill horn -blue, dusky at base ; legs pale brown, 

 with a slaty tint. 

 No. 126. ? ad. Victoria Nyanza, Oct. 



24. Pyromelana flammiceps. 



Pyromelana flammiceps (Swains.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 228 (1890). 



