1894.] JOURJfAL OF THE LATE DR. EMIN PASHA. 605 



specimen shot while drinking ; the male escaped. Here seen in 

 pairs only and not frequently. The present specimen is soiiie- 

 Avhat darker in colour than the male previously obtained ; its head 

 is, however, with a very slight metalled gloss, whereas the broad 

 iridescent coppery belt on the lower neck is mostly the same as in 

 the male. White on tips of rectrices only very limited. Soft 

 parts resembling to those of the male but duller. The ovary 

 contained a small cherry-sized and two smaller eggs. 



"No. 1930, 31. Picus, c? 2 ? Collected at Ismaili's and here, 

 Maika forest, frequent. 



" Our last halting-place, before reaching the Congo, was reached 

 on Oct. 12, 1892, It is Mu5'omema, commonly called Kineue, 

 the name of its headsman, a drunken Uniaaiuezi slave — Said bin 

 Abeids. 



"No. 1932. Ghmyris chloropyrjius, ZwcA., J. Very common. 



"No. 1933. Ploceus nigricoUis,\\ei\\., S- Common. 



" No. 1934. Pycnonotus lai/ardi, Gurney, S ■ Very common. 



"No. 1935,36. Laniarius leucorhynchns, Hartl., c? 2- Black 

 bills ; female sHghtly greyer in colour than male. 



"No. 1937. Cinm/ris, J jr. Fevha.'ps chhrojn/rjia. 



" No. 1938, 39 ; cf. no. 1894-95. An adult female and a very 

 young male of this interesting species. The young, still younger 

 than no. 1895, has the underparts pure white without any trace 

 of barring. 



"No. 1940. Halcyon senegalensis, lArm., 5. 



"No. 1941-42. Vorijthaix, S $; cf. no. 1808 et 19. This is 

 apparently the most frequent of plantain-eaters through the 

 Eastern forest. Always in pairs, it feeds with avidity on different 

 fruit and berries, of which the stomach is always full. Spec. 

 no. 1941 had in the stomach besides an olive-like fruit a small 

 shell, probably swallowed while adhering on the fruit. 



"No. 1943. Corythaix; cf. no. 1941-42, $ ad. 



" No. 1944, 45. Lophoceros camurus, Cass., d" $ . Common. 



" No. 1946. Estrelda, s ■ If this is E. nommla, Hartl., col- 

 lected by the late Mr. Jameson at Tambuya and by Hr. Bohn- 

 dorfi: at Stanley Falls, it is certainly different from my birds from 

 Macraca and Monbuttu, and from its dark colour, great extension 

 of red, colour of bill, and black vent I should surely range it with 

 E. atricapilla, Verr. It differs, however, from the beautiful figure 

 given by Capt. Shelley in having chin, throat, and sides of head 

 more whitish ; and the existence of two different species in localities 

 so near to each other as Stanley Tails and here is scarcely to be 

 believed. I call it, therefore, E. nonnula with some doubt. 



"No. 1947. Bubo, cf; cf. no. 1905. Not infrequent. Stomach: 

 two field-mice. 



"No. 1948, 49. Spermestes poe7isis,Fra.s., c? $. Very frequent 

 everywhere on clearings. 



" No. 1950. Estrelda, S ; cf. no. 1946. Of the same dark 

 colour as the above specimen ; red very bright and extended ; 

 under of belly and vent black. 



