226 CAPT. G. E. SHELLED ON [Mar. 3, 



21. Pycnonotus layardi, Gurney. 

 Pycnonotuslayardi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. 1881, p. 132 ; 



Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 341. 

 $ , 3000 ft. ; 2 $ , 5000 ft. 



22. TuRDUS CABANISI, Bp. 



Tardus cabanisi, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 1881, p. 229. 



d, 5000 ft.; d, 6000ft. 



The most northern locality of this species, whence it ranges south- 

 ward on the east coast to the Transvaal. 

 Almost confined to inhabited districts. 



23. PiNAROCHROA HYPOSPODiA, sp. u. (Plate XIII.) 

 Kilima-njaro, $ , 14,000 ft. 



Close to P. sordida (Riipp.), which is the type of the genus Pina- 

 rochroa ; but the present bird is slightly larger, paler and less 

 isabelline beneath, and has the white on the tail more limited, 

 each feather having broad blackish-brown ends. 



Upper parts brown, slightly darker on the crown and quills ; tail — 

 the four outer pairs of feathers white with broad blackish-brown ends ; 

 this colour extends somewhat down their shafts, and covers about 

 one third of the end-portion of the outer web of the exterior feather, 

 and nearly the entire inner web of the third feather from the centre ; 

 the centre two pairs entirely black. The wing-coverts and inner 

 secondaries are broadly edged with sandy brown, and the remainder 

 of the quills have almost obsolete similarly coloured edges. Sides 

 of the head in front of the eye and the cheeks slightly washed with 

 ashy brown. Underparts ashy buff, slightly darker on the lower 

 throat and front and sides of the chest, and passing into rufous- 

 shaded brown on the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; under 

 surface of the wings dark brown with the coverts rufous- brown ; the 

 axillaries and inner margins of the quills ashy buff. Total length 

 5*7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3, tail 2-2, tarsus r25. 



Found only at great altitudes, affecting the grassy and boulder 

 regions, where they are to be seen in family parties of from three to 

 five. Here they enliven the desert scenery by flitting before the 

 traveller with a constantly repeated pleasing chirp, and perched upon 

 the boulders flit their tails up and down after the manner of Chats. 



24. Pratincola axillaris. 



Pratincola axillaris, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556. 



cJ 2, 5000 ft. ; 3c?, 6000 ft. ; $, 7000 ft.; c?, 8000 ft.; 6, 

 10,000 ft. Breeds in September. 



Very abundant but not met with below 5000 ft. They are bold, 

 and frequent the native villages in their lower range. 



25. Prinia mystacea, Riipp. 



Prinia mystacea, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 191. 

 Drymceca tenella, Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, 

 p. 312. 



S 2 , 5000 ft. 



