collected in East Africa. 251 



No. 36. ^ ad. Kikumbuliu, Ukambani, Dec. 28, 1888. 

 No. 43. c? ad. Njempsj Lake Baringo, July 15, 1890. — 

 Bill white horn-colour ; legs pink ; irides brown. 

 Agreeing with the series in the British Museum from 

 Abyssinia and the White Nile. 



35. NiGRITA SCHISTACEA. 



Nigrita schistacea, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 118. 

 No. 74. ? ad. Sotik, Oct. 3, 1889.— Iris yellow; legs 

 brown ; bill black. Only saw one other specimen, on 

 the edge of the Mau Forest. 

 I have pointed out (above, p. 118) the characters which 

 distinguish this new species from A^. emilice. 



36. Uroloncha caniceps. 



Uroloncha caniceps (Reicheu.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 356. 



Spermestes caniceps, Fischer, J. f . 0. 1885, p. 136 (Massa) ; 



Reichen. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 71 (Wembaere, Nassa). 



No. 177. ? . Turquel, Suk, Jan. 16, 1890.— Bill and legs 



horn-blue; iris brown. First seen in small flocks of 



from eight or ten at Karakau, in Suk. Feeds on the 



minutest grass-seeds. 



• 37. ESTRILDA MINOR. 



Estrilda minor (Cab.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 394. 



Adult. Ukambani. 



38. Estrilda phcenicotis. 



Estrilda phoenicotis, Swains,; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 400. 



Uraginthus phoenicotis, Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 324 (1884 ; 

 Pangani, Aruscha, Nguruman) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 135 

 (Bagamoyo, Usegua, Mombasa) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, 

 p. 71 (Wembaere Steppes, Kagehi) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 177 (Shoa), vi. p. 278 (1888). 

 No. 38. c? ■ Kikumbuliu, Dec, 28, 1888. 



39. Sporopipes frontalis. 



Spo7'opipes frontalis (V.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii, 

 p. 409 (1890). 



