602 db. b. bowdleb shabpb ov [May 22, 



are very active, travelling from tree-top to tree-top, and apparently 

 feeding on small fruit with which some of the trees abounded. 



26. Melittophagus shaepei. 



Melittophagus sharpei, Hartert, Bull. B. 0. C. x. p. xxvii (Dec. 

 1899). 



Melittopliaqus cyanostictus (nee Cab.): Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 48, pi. i. fig. 3 (1892); id. Ibis, 1892, p. 319 ; Shelley B. 

 Africa, i. p. 110 (1896). 



Nos. 26, 27. 6 , $ • Camp 11, Sagana Eiver, Aug. 7, 1899. Eyes 

 crimson ; bill, legs, and feet black. 



Single specimens only were noticed, which mostly frequented 

 the banks of the river. 



27. Melittophagus obeobates. 



Melittopliaqus oreobates, Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 320 ; id. Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 498 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 110 (1896). 



No. 22. 2 • Nairobi Forest, July 19, 1899. Eyes dark red ; 

 bill black ; legs pale slate-colour ; feet darker. 



This bird chiefly inhabits the banana shambas in the Nairobi 

 district. 



28. COBVULTUB ALBICOLLIS. 



Corvultur albicollis (Lath.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 24 

 (1877); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 46 (1896). 



No. 41. S • Bamboo zone, western slope of Mount Kenya, 

 8000 feet, Aug. 26, 1899. 



Nos. 88, 89. d , $ . Camp 18, western slope of Mt. Kenya, 

 8000 feet, Sept. 16, 1899. Bill black, with white tip ; feet black ; 

 iris hazel. 



These birds were obtained also at Nairobi, and were noticed 

 throughout the intervening country and up to an altitude of 

 10,000 feet on Mount Kenya itself. 



29. ClNNAMOPTEEUS TENUIEOSTBIS. 



Cinnamopterus tenuirostris (Riipp.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 166 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 45 (1896). 



No. 51. c? ad. Camp 21, Hbhnel Valley, western slope of 

 Mt. Kenya, 12,000 feet, Aug. 30, 1899. Among rocks and caves. 

 Iris hazel ; bill and feet black. 



Nos. 55, c? ; 56, 57, 2 . Camp 21, Aug. 30, 1899. 



[These specimens agree with others in the British Museum from 

 Shoa and Abyssinia, and thei'e is another specimen in Mr. Jackson's 

 collection from Buwenzori. It should be noticed that both the female 

 birds have the grey edges to the feathers which I formerly con- 

 sidered to be characteristic of the young of this species. — B. B. S.] 



Although fairly common among the crags at the head of the 

 Hbhnel Valley, this species was not observed in any other locality. 



