606 dr. R. bowdler sharpe on [May 22, 



pi. v.), but is not quite so fiery-orange below. Judging from the 

 limited material at my command, it seems probable that the birds 

 from Nyika, Kilimanjaro, and Kenya will be found to be in- 

 separable. — E. B. S.] 



42. Dryoscopus .ethic-pious. 



Laniarius astMopicus, Gm.: Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 53 (1896); 

 Neurn. J. f. O. 1899, p. 406. 



Nos. 78, S ad. ; 81, $ imm. Western slope, Mount Kenya 

 (8000 feet), Sept. 10, 14, 1899. Bill black ; legs and feet bluish 

 grey ; iris hazel. 



These birds were shot at the junction of the lower forest and 

 bamboo zones. 



43. Lanius humeralis. 



Lanius liumeralis, Stanl. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 597. 

 Fiseus collaris (Linn.) : Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 51 (1896). 



-No. 17. 6 ad. Nairobi Forest (5500 feet), July 17, 1899. Bill, 

 legs, and feet black ; iris dark brown. 



Chiefly met with in the native banana shambas. Known to the 

 Masai natives as " N dare-tiki." 



44. GeOCICHLA PIAGGI.E. 



Geocichla piaggiai, Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 171, pi. xi. (1881) 

 Sharpe in Seebohm Monogr. Turdida?, p. 41, pi. xiii. (1898). 



Turdus piaggii, Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. S8 (1896). 



No. 82. Camp 18, western edge of Mount Kenya, 8000 feet, 

 Sept. 14, 1899. Bill black ; feet pale pinkish brown; iris hazel. 



Shot at extreme lower edge of bamboo zone. Bare : the only 

 specimen observed. 



45. PiNAROCHROA ERNESTI. 



Pinarochroa ernesti, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxxvi (Jan. 

 1900). 



Nos. 35, 36. <$ ? ad. Western slope, Mount Kenya (10,000 feet), 

 Aug. 20, 1899. Bill, legs, and feet black ; iris hazel. 



Nos. 61, 62. J ad. Teleki Valley (13,000 feet), Sept. 2, 1899. 



Nos. 65, 66. cS ad. Western slope, Mount Kenya (10,000 feet), 

 Sept. 3, 1899. 



Occurs in numbers among tree-heath and low scrub ; found up 

 to alt. of 13,000 feet from immediately above bamboo zone. 



[This species, which is identical with the Pinarochroa of Mt. 

 Elgon, is certainly distinct from P. hypospadia of Kilimanjaro. The 

 latter is grey underneath, the throat and breast being of the same 

 tint, and the under wing-coverts and axillaries are also greyish. 

 In the other two species, P. sordida and P. ernesti, the under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries are rufous ; the lower surface of the body is 

 also rufescent, with an indication to a grey throat. P. ernesti 



