KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 47. VO 5. Ill 



This bird belongs to the fauna of the Central-Afriean Lake disl i i<t , so thal fche 

 localities recorded above are situated at the eastern boundary line. In fche west it ex- 

 fcends to the Semliki Valley, and Ruwenzori, 1 to Lake Kiwu, and fche Bugoje Forest. 2 



Anomalospiza imberbis (Cab.). 



Rchw. III. p. 276. 



A niale specimen shot near Fort Hall in a grass-covered place 3 % 1911 had fche 

 testicles swelled, so that the specie.s evidently breeds there. 



Emberiza poliopleura Salvad. 



Rchw. III, p. 286. 



In the thornbush-country north of Guaso Nyiri f. i. at Njoro and other places this 

 Bunting was a common and typical bird. 



The males shot at the end of February had their testicles swelled. 



Although this bird is found as far south as Useguha, I am inclined to take it as a 

 member of the Somali fauna to judge from its typical occurrence in the thornbush. 



Fringillaria tahapisi (A. Sm.). 



Rchw. III. p. 289. 



A male specimen was shot in a tree at a dry riverbed north of Guaso Nyiri in the 

 thornbush-country below Chanler Falls. This species was by far not so common as Em- 

 beriza poliopleura, but I observed it also in bush at the upper end of Luazomela, where 

 this little river enters the acacia-steppe at an altitude of about 1500 m. 



Motacillid». 



Motacilla vidua Sund. 



Rchw. III, p. 296. 



This Wagtail appeared in suitable localities, almost always at or near water. In 

 Nairobi it was seen in the streets feeding its fledged youngs the last days of Dec. 1910. 



It was observed at Ju ja farm at the small rivers there, at a small river near Kutu, 

 and at Guaso Nyiri as well above as below Chanler Falls. 



Budytes flavus (L.). 



Rchw. III, p. 303. 



Common in suitable localities, sometimes in company with its congener B. cam- 

 pestris, often in mixed flocks. Nairobi — Guaso Nyiri. In pasture land among grasing 

 cattle both species were especially common. 



1 Träns. Zool. Soc. XIX, part 4, p. 309. 

 - Vogelfauna Mittelafr. Seengeb., p. 338. 



