1900.] THE BIBDS OF MOUNT KENYA. 599 



13. Bubo mackdstdebi. (Plate XLIII.) 



Bubo maclcinderi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxviii (Dec. 1899). 

 Nos. 69, 70. d . Teleki Valley, Mount Kenya, 13,000 feet, 

 Sept. 3, 1899. Iris deep yellow ; bill black. 

 No. 77. $ . Teleki Valley, Sept. 11, 1899. 



14. Sybnium umbbinum. 



Syrnium umbrinum, Heugl. : Beicben. Mittl. hochl. N. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 272 (1898); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 294 (1900). 



No. 25. d . Nairobi Forest, July 1898. Iris very dark brown ; 

 bill orange-yellow ; legs and feet pale yellow. 



[The various races of Syrnium ivoodfordi are very difficult to 

 diagnose, but of those admitted by Dr. Beicheuow, this specimen 

 best agrees with the description of Surnium umbrinum of Heuglin. 

 — E. B. S.] 



15. PYOCEPHALUS MASSAICUS. 



Pceocephcdus massaicus, Fischer & Beichen. : Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xx. p. 367 (1891); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 139 (1896); 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 25 (1900). 



Nos. 86 & 87. {? , ? . Sept. 15, 1899, at Camp. 18a, western 

 slope of Mount Kenya, 8000 feet. 



"We did not notice these birds at a lower altitude than 7000 

 feet, but at the above camp it was a common sight to see flocks of 

 them in the early morn flying in a north-easterly direction and 

 returning again just before sundown, doubtless from their favourite 

 feeding-grounds. 



16. Theipias schoensis. 



Thripias schoensis (Riipp.) : Hargitt, Cat.B.Brit. Mus.xviii.p.308 

 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 133 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. 

 p. 219 (1900). 



No. 2. $ . July 7, 1899, Nairobi Forest. Iris red ; legs and 

 feet olive-green. 



The only specimen we saw in this locality, and it was shot in 

 the most wooded parts of the forest. 



17. Campotheba hausbubgi. 



Campoihera hausburgi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxxvi (Jan. 

 1900). 



No. 1. 6* ad. Nairobi, 6000 feet, July 11, 1899. Feet olive- 

 green ; iris red. 



No. 98. S • Camp 18 a; forest zone, Mt. Kenya, 6000 feet, 

 Sept. 18, 1892. Iris red ; feet ashen-green. 



[Compared with a specimen of C. tceniolcema in Mr. Jackson's 

 collection from Mau, there is very little difference in the colour of 

 the upper surface of the two species ; but the lower surface is 

 distinct enough, the coarse and dusky nature of the cross-barring 



