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3. AcciPiTER MiNULLUs (Daud.). 



? . Kiliraa-iijaro (17. 1. 87). Shot in the dense forest 

 between Kake and Taveita. 



4. AsTURiNULA MONOGRAMMicA (Temm.). 



Iridcs reddish brown ; beak black ; cere red ; legs coral- 

 red ; claws black. Very common near Taveita. 



5. xVsio CAPENsis (Smith). 



J . Irides bright yellow. Stomach contained the remains 

 of a large beetle^ and also a large scorpion^ the large claw 

 being perfect. Shot in a deep gorge in the middle of the 

 open plain near Rombo. 



6. POGONORHYNCHUS MELANOPTERUS (Pctcrs). 



6- Taveita. 



Very abundant in Taveita in September and October, 

 when the fruit of the sycamore fig-tree is ripe. 



7. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus (Cab.). 



Shot outside Taveita. I saw a pair, but only obtained one 

 of them. 



[The characters which distinguish this species from T. shel- 

 leyi are, as Dr. Hartlaub has pointed out (Ibis, 1886, p. 106), 

 very striking on a comparison with the Somali bird, which 1 

 formerly thought to be the same (Ibis, 1885, p. 394) . The 

 blood-red colouring extends over the whole sides of the head 

 and round the nape, with only a slight shade of yellow near 

 the nostrils and front of the cheeks. The skin is bare and 

 dark in front and round the eyes, and there is a large white 

 mark at the end of the ear-coverts, common to the three 

 closely allied species. The present bird is at once distin- 

 guished from T. versicolor, llartL, by having the under 

 tail-coverts red. — G. E. S.] 



8. Ceryle maxima (Pall.). 

 Taveita, June 1887. 

 Fairly plentiful on the rivers Lumi and Habari. 



9. Alcedo semitorquatus, Sw. 

 Shot on the river Lumi at Rombo. 



