obtained in British East Africa. 621 
Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 53 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 320 (Masai- 
land) . 
Melittophagus bullockoides (Smith) ; Eeichen. Vo^. deutsch. 
Ost-Afr. p. 136 (1894 : Rovuma River; Usegulia). 
Merops bullockoides Hartert_, Ansorge's African Sun, 
p. 336 (1899: Lake Naivasha ; Kedong). 
No. 259. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 14, 1896. 
Bill and feet black ; iris brown. Plentiful. 
Nos. 391, 392. ? ad. E. Kamassia, Sept. 28, 1896. 
Plentiful in flocks. 
No. 466. S ad. Ravine, Feb. 19, 1897. Resident 
througliout the year and plentiful throughout the district. 
Breeding in a bank in a colony, in holes about two feet and a 
half deep ; no lining. Eggs, two or three, much incubated. 
Several nests with young. 
Nos. 490, 491. (? ? ad. Ravine, Feb. 28, 1897. Colony 
of about ten or fifteen pairs breeding in a bank by a dry 
stream. Holes about two to three feet deep; no lining. 
Eggs, two or three, laid on bare earth. 
Nos. 761, 813. S ? ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 12, 29, 
1897. 
290. Merops apiaster. 
Merops apiaster Ijinn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 
p. 63 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 319 (Marungu ; Sotik) ; 
Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 135 (1894) ; Hartert, 
Ansorge's African Sun, p. 336 (1899 : Muani); Neum. J. f. O. 
1900, p. 218 (Umbugwe). 
No. 952. (^ ad. Nandi, 5500 feet, April 9, 1898. Bill 
black ; feet blackish brown ; iris crimson. Shot out of a 
small flock. 
291. Merops superciliosus. 
Merops superciliosus Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 70 (1892) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 28; id. Vog. 
deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 135, fig. 63 (1894). 
No. 101. S ad. Ndi-Ndara, Teita, April 7, 1892. 
Uyb. c^ ? ad. Entebbe, Aug. 4, 1895. Bill black; feet 
scaly horn-coloured ; iris crimson. 
No. 362. S ad. lAXolo River, Sept. 17, 1896. 
