during a Journey to the Ruwenzori Range. 539 



H. 1118. ? ad. Toro Forest, March 21, 1902. Iris 

 dirty grey ; bill dark brown ; feet light slaty-blue. 



[Professor Reich enow has united this species with B. albi- 

 gularis (Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 103, pi. vii., 

 1881), and I must confess that the two are very much alike. 

 I think, however, that the Toro birds are larger (wing 

 3 - 0-3"4), whereas the type of B. albigularis has a wing of 

 2-7 only.— R. B. S.] 



87. Bleda kikuyuensis. 



Xenocichla kikuyuensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 118 (Ki- 

 kuyu) ; 1892, p. 299 (Sotik) ; id. P. Z. S. 1900, p. 608 ( W. 

 slope of Mt. Kenya); Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 292 (Mau 

 Forest) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1901, p. 82 (Eldoma Ravine). 



Bleda kikuyuensis Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 321 (1901). 



H. 770. ? ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 9, 1902. Iris brownish 

 brick-red ; bill black ; feet light olive-green. Extremely 

 common. 



H. 771. S ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 9, 1902. Soft parts as 

 in the female. 



88. Bleda indicator. 



Bleda indicator (Verr.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 322 

 (1901). 



Phyllastrephus indicator Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 390 (1904). 



[No number.] $ ad. Kibera, Toro, Jan. 31, 1902. 



H. 734. J ad. Kibera, Jan. 31, 1902. Iris chalky-white; 

 bill black; feet slaty-black. 



H. 735. ? ad. Kibera, Jan. 31, 1902, Iris light coffee- 

 brown ; bill black ; feet slaty-black. 



Baiaka tells me that these two birds were found together 

 in a tall tree, uttering a loud call-note. On shooting the 

 female, the male at once flew away, but returned immediately 

 afterwards to the same tree — whence he concludes that they 

 were a pair. He noted the difference in the colour of the 

 iris dircctlv he shot them. 



