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5. Camp6thera nubica (Gin.). 



J'. IMasliundwani, 10. 9. 85. 

 $ . Masliundwani, 9. 9. 85. 



Irides crimson. Stomachs contained maggots and ants. 

 Very common in the branching palm plantations. 



6. Barbatula affinis^ Reichen. 



Two females. Manda Island^ November. 



Irides brown. Stomach contained red berries. 



[As it is seldom that one has a chance of examining good 

 specimens of this species^ I may remark that it is very close 

 to B. uropygialis, but differs in the pale marking of the 

 back of the head and mantle^ and in the margins to a few of 

 the innermost quills being purer white with no shade of 

 yellow. There is also an absence of the reddish-yellow rump. 

 Total length 3"7 inches, culmen 0'4, wing 2, tail 1'3, tarsus 

 0-55.— G. E. S.] 



7. Merops nubicus, Gm. 

 cJ . Tangani, 24. 8. 85. 



^. Manda Island, ll.G. 86. 



Irides crimson. Stomachs contained grasshoppers, bees, 

 and wasps. Found in fairly large flocks, but not so plenti- 

 fully as the next species. 



8. Merops supebciliosus, Linn. 

 ^ . Tangani, January 1885. 



Irides crimson. Very common; found in large flocks. 

 Hundreds of these birds may be attracted to the gun almost 

 at any time by setting fire to the dry grass, when the air 

 becomes thick with the escaping grasshoppers and other 

 insects. 



9. Melittophagus cyanostictus (Cab.). 

 S S ^ • Mpecatoni, January 1885. 



Irides crimson. Seen also at Kilima-njaro. 



10. Ceryle rudis (Linn.). 

 (J . Mashundwani, 9. 9. 85. 



Irides brown. Very common in the creeks in the dry 

 weather (November to April), but found chiefly on the lagoons 

 during the rains. Very common at Jipi. 



