KUNOL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 47. N:<> 5. I 23 



Bradypterus cinnamomeus (Rtipp.). 



Rchw. III, p. 581. 



A male specimen shot at an altitude of 2700 m. on Kenia 21 la had the testidés 

 swelled. 



This species is distributed from Abyssinia to Kilimanjaro in the south east, and to 

 Ruwenzori, and Bugoje forest in southwest. From Kenia it was not recorded before, 

 as it seems. 



Prinia mystacea Ii upp. 



Rchw. III. p. 590. 



Common in thickets of tall herbs at Kutu, Kagio, Fort Hall, Meru borna etc, but 

 also in trees. It has a cliattering whistling call, and raises its tail in the air, swinging 

 and wagging the same. Sometimes when two birds pursue each others, they even raise 

 the tail vertically when flying, vvhich causes their flight to be unsteady, and looks very 

 ludicrous. 



A male specimen shot at Kagio 30 /3 had swelled testicles. 



I observed a Prinia in the thornbnsh north of Guaso Nyiri but as I failed to obtain 

 any specimen there, I cannot say whether it was this species or P. somalica. The latter 

 is, however, rather more probable to judge from the size of the bird, and its behaviour 

 as described by von Erlanger. 1 



Apalis cinerea (Sharpe). 



Rchw. III. p. 604. 



South of Meru borna in the forest on the slopes of Kenia, and in dense forest at the 

 Escarpment station. 



This species was with full certainty known from Elgon, Nandi, and Mau before. 

 Quite lately it has been discovered west of Lake Tanganyika, 2 and no w the distribution is 

 extended eastwards to Escarpment, and Kenia. Considering the closely related A. c. 

 sclateri in West-Africa, the species as a whole may be regarded as belonging to the West- 

 and Central- African forest-fauna. 



Apalis ruwenzorii Jackson. 



Rchw. III, p. 606. 



A specimen shot + A at Rooruka river agrees perfectly with the description of the 

 species mentioned above, and the figure in Träns. Zool. Soc. Vol. XIX T. XIV with the 

 exception that it is not washed with olive on the back which is uniform dark slaty grey. 

 The band across the breast is almost black. As it is stated about other species of this 



1 Journ. f. Ornith.. Jahrg. 1905, p. 724. 



2 Reichenow: Vogelfauua Centralafr. Seengebietes, p. 361. 



