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Very common. Irides crimson ; legs horn-blue. This 

 bird has a peculiar habit of snapping its wings together when 

 taking a short flight. 



43. Laniarius poLiocEPHALUs (Liclit.). 

 Furigarthormbo^ January 1885. 



1 saw only two specimens^ both of which I shot, but one 

 was not preserved. 



44. Laniarius sulphureipectus (Less.). 

 S . Manda Island, 11. 11. 85. 



Irides brown ; legs light slaty blue. In November these 

 birds were very plentiful, but in the following May I only 

 saw two specimens. 



45. Lanius caudatus. Cab. 

 Mashundwani, 9. 9, 85. Three specimens. 



Very common everywhere. Found a nest with young 

 birds in it in a thorn bush iu September 1885. Feeds 

 chiefly on grasshoppers. Generally three or four together. 

 Common also at Kilima-njaro. 



46. SiGMODUs TRICOLOR (Gray). 

 (J. Mashundwani, 11. 9. 85. 



Shot out of a small flock in a mangrove swamp. This 

 bird was only wounded, and made a sharp snapping noise 

 with its bill when I went to pick it up. 



47. MoTACiLLA vidua, Suud. 

 Manda Island, 13. 11. 85. 



48. Anthus rufulus, Vieill. 



Two males, Manda Island (14. 11. 85 and 18. 5. 86). 

 Common. Found it breeding in May. 



49. Pyrrhulauda leucotis (Stanley). 

 Manda Island, May 1886. 



Very common. Found in large flocks along the top of the 



low cliffs. 



50. Crithagra ictera (Cuv.). 

 (7. Tangani, 31. 8. 85. 



? . Manda Island, 29. 5. 86. 



