-* Collection of Birds 



The beautiful male bird is black and yellow in colouring. 

 At the mating time, in March, I saw it on the velt, near Pare 

 ya Maboga, going through a most wonderful performance. It 

 ascended high in the air, and after some extraordinary evolutions 

 perched on a tree. I was reminded of a canary escaped from 

 its cage. The green grass of the velt was then very high and 

 I myself in a great hurry, and so I did not succeed in finding 

 its nest. I suppose the birds only began building their nests 

 about this time of the year. The nearest water-hole was to be 

 found at a distance of one hour and a half away from the place 

 the birds frequented. 



Alaudidae 



298. M^irafra piccilostcrna 'Rchw. ) Yumbe ya Mawe, II. 



299. Mirafra iutcrccdai.^ Kchw. X'jiri, \T. ; Xgaptuk, X. ; 

 Donje Krok, YIII., IX. ; Matiom, XI. ; Kilimanjaro, YIII. 



300. Mirajra cantillans Jerd.; Blyth. (ionga Plains, XII. 

 }oi. Mirafra albicanda, Kchw. Donje. Krok, IX. 



}O2. Mirafra fisclicn ( Kchw. Kahe, IV. ; Minvani Kibwe/i. 

 II. 



This lark produces a very peculiar rattling kind of n>ise 

 \\hich may be heard a long way off. I have heard it in January . 

 Kcbruary, and March. Kvcn when 200 pacc^ from the camp you 

 imagine when the bird commence^ the noise that it is quite near. 

 This rattling is effected through a rapid movement of the \\ings; 

 I ascertained this iny.-elf lor a fact. The bird only produce-^ 

 this rattle when it ri-es a few feet from the ground. ThU rattling 

 resembles the noise created by beating a thin b>iard with \\ hale- 

 bone rods. The bird often perches on dead branches. 



>o v Miratra tijricaiiti it////, Hartl.,' Kiraragua Matiom. XI. ; 

 Kilimanjaro, YIII. 



304. Pyrrlinlanda L'itC'>tis 'St. ml. . Kilimanjaro, YIII. 



30;. Pyrrliitlanda /<//<< /w/v//f Kschr. . Njiri, Y. ; Yumbc ya 

 Ma\\e, I\. ; Kilimanjaro. YIII. 



300. ( 'aliitidrclla dlhcusis ( Sharpe . Matiom. XI. 



