518 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds collected 



H. 937. ? ad. In open country near Katwe, March 2, 

 1902. 



H. 960. S ad. Near Katwe, March 6, 1902. 



Distinctly rare. We have seen only three or four 

 specimens. Frequents open country dotted with trees. 



H. 1003. $ imm. Near Katwe, March 9, 1902. To-day 

 I saw four of these birds together. 



H. 1048. <$ imm. Near Kangao's, March 12, 1902. 



These birds generally go about singly and make for the 

 upper branches of the trees, sometimes clinging to the lower 

 side of a branch. The body has a very strong and dis- 

 agreeable smell. 



27. Melittophagus orkobates. 



Melittophagus oreobates Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 320 (Mt. 

 Elgon; Kimangitchi) j id. P. Z. S. 1900, p. 602 (Nairobi) ; 

 Jackson, Ibis, 1902, p. 620 (Nandi) ; Reichenow, Vog. 

 Afrikas, ii. p. 305 (1902). 



H. 912. S ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 26, 1902. Iris crimson; 

 bill black; feet greyish brown. 



28. Melittophagus meridionalis. 



Melittophagus meridionalis Sharpe ; id. Hand-1. B. ii. 

 p. 72 (1900) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 307 (1902). 



H. 927. S ad. Near Katwe, Toro, March 1, 1902. Iris 

 crimson ; bill black ; feet greyish brown. 



This is the only place where I have seen as many as twenty 

 or thirty of these birds together. Just before sunset they 

 circle about in the air, hawking for flies and little insects. 



29. Merops persicus. 



Merops jiersicus Pall.; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 74 (1900) ; 

 Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 322 (1902). 



H. 1050. <J ad. Near Kangao's, Toro, March 13, 1902. 



H. 1052. S ad. „ „ „ March 14, 1902. 



Iris crimson; bill black ; feet greyish brown. 



30. Aerops albicollis. 



Merops albicollis (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 74 



