EAST AFRICAN BIRDS. 905 



Lanius collurio Linn. 



A Jlippoboscid (Olfersia sp.) was talcen on a shrike at Kimamba, 

 .'^. iv. 2;:5. Worms (Filaria nodulosa Hud.) from a Dar es Salaam 

 specimen, 24. i.l9. 



IlARrOLESTES SENEGALUS OIMENTALIS Cab. 



The Coastal Large Bush-Shrike, was nesting at Kilosa on 

 5, i. 23. Full clutch of two eggs in a maiombo-tree at a height of 

 seven feet from the ground. 



Malaconotus poliocephalus blanchoti Steph. 



A nest of the Brown-breasted Giant Shrike with three eggs 

 was found by my collector (Kilosa, 16.xii. 21). 



C A M P O P H a G I D yE . 



CoRAciNA PECTouALis Jard. & Selby. 



A female White-bellied Grey Cuckoo-Shrike, which is the first 

 I have obtained in this district, had a nematode {Fhysaloptera sp.) 

 in its stomach (Kipera, 8. ix. 22). Mr. Goodson notes that the 

 wing and general" size is smaller and somewhat paler than in 

 typical West African C. 2'>ectoralis. 



P Y C N O N O T I D /E , 



Pyc^^onotus TRICOLOR MICRUS Oberh. 



A nest of the Kilimanjaro Yellow-vented ]3ulbul with two 

 eggs in lime-tree seven feet from the ground ; bird sitting (Kilosa, 

 oLxii. 22). Nest with three eggs in a thorn-bush six feet from 

 the ground (Kilosa, 7. i. 23). 



I encountered some natives chewing the red berries of some 

 wild fruit which was very gummy and had a nasty dry taste and 

 whicli they called Onembo in Kinyaturu. I thought they were 

 eating this fruit and attempted to do so myself, but presently 

 learned that they were on their way to trap birds, and this con- 

 stituted their " bird-lime," for, when chewed, it becomes a very 

 thick gum. This they smear on a fine thread stretched near the 

 edge of the water-holes, which in this arid district are few and 

 far between, and consequently much resorted to by birds, which 

 collect to bathe and drink. 



In about two hours these men returned with some twenty 

 bulbuls and a Aveaver, all of which they had plucked, except for 

 the heads which tliey had inserted through a string worn below 

 the knee, the naked bodies depending. The result was quite 

 ornamental, but they were destined to be eaten shortly. These 

 men said that the Dongerero (local name for this bulbul) c;ot 

 stuck when shaking the water from their wings after bathing 

 (Ndogwe, 1.x. 22). 



I was sitting beneath a tree when suddenly, with loud cries, 



