Dr. BoAviJLEB Skakpe exljibiied skins of t'\vo new species 

 of East-African birrU. for wlrch he proposed the following 

 names : — 



Serixus faga-VI; sp. n. 

 S. siinilis S. angoicnsi . ■■::•] me -tf> gnlaque pure albis^ minime 

 nigi'o mac'.'i'atis : torour gutTurali e maculis magnis 

 iiigris fonrata (li-t:i)gi ei;-:!. Long. tot. 4-"2 poll.^ \ 

 alie 2'55,. c;;iu].t 1'o5. tarsi 9'5. "' - — -^ 



CiSTICOLA Hl.Vlil-. .-].■. :\. 

 C. simiJis C. terrcsifri. ct cauai. cjc'cin modo picturata^ sed 

 uropygio d'jrso concoJ'ni, Diinime rufesceute^ clistin- 

 guenda. Lonu'. tot. 3"S I'OJ],. calm. 0-4, al« 2-1, caudre 

 [•'2, tarsi 0"85. 



These new species were dis'-overed at Machakos Station^ 

 in British East Africa, bv ] 'r. S. L, Hiude, The other 

 species in his ccjllection wer;; LanqjrocnJlus sycoblus, Spreo 

 S'/perbus, Buphaua eriithrorhyncha. Vidua ^yrincipalis, Pen- 

 thtiria laticauda. P. eques^ Drepunorihcle.s jachsoni, Ptjro- 

 melanaflarii7nicep&, P. .ranihomelana. Lagonostida brunneicepsy 

 Hyphantornh speki't, Mirafra africana. Purrhulauda leuco- 

 Ijar&a. Anihus rvfulus, Mucrouyx croctus, Nectarinia Jdli- 

 mensis, Chmyris gutturalls, Lanios collurio, L. caudatus, 

 L. Inrmeralis, Pltylloscopus trcchilu.K, Cisticola erythrogenys, 

 C. higubris, Cenircpvs svperciliosus, Coracias garrula, Irrisor 

 erytlirorhytichus, El anus c&r ideas ^ Lhnnororax niger, Oxy- 

 eclw.s tiicoilaris. 



'' The station of Machakos/ writes Dr. Hiude^ " is situated 

 on the edge of a grass plain wliich sti'ctches for some miles 

 coastwards. The plain is' doited wirli thorn-trees about 100 

 to 30(.) yards apart, and these small thorns are the only trees 

 in the neighbourhood. Thi; ncai'cst forest is at Kikuyu, 

 about 45 miies away. On tie east side of the station is a 

 valley about 500 yards wide through v\hich runs a stream 

 about 2 feet wide and 3 inclics deep. The whole valley and 

 patches of the plain are cultivated. On the east side of 

 the stream the moantaius rise abruptly, some points being 

 over 2000 feet above tlie st; tion, which is itself 5300 feet 

 above the sea-level.''' 



