124 EINAR LÖNNBERG. BIRDS. 



genus that they loose the greenish or olive tinge at the breeding season, and this specimen 

 is a breeding female with swelled ovary, I do not think that the discrepancy mentioned 

 can be of any importance. 



As the name indicates, this species has been described from Ruwenzori. Its pre- 

 sence on the easternmost slopes of Kenia is of interest as one of the proofs for the affinity 

 of the faunas of these two mountains. It has also been found west of Lake Tanganyika 

 and at other places 1 in the Central African Lake district to the fauna of which itbelongs. 



Apalis malensis Nbum. 



Rchw. III, i>. 612. 



Specimens of this kind were collected in the thornbush north of Guaso Nyiri, at 

 Njoro, and Thera in Febr. 



Iris in one female light brown, in another yellow, in a male yellowish brown. Length 

 of wing 48 mm. 



A male specimen shot at Njoro 26 /2 had swelled testicles. 



This bird appears to be a typical representative of the Somali -fauna. 



Camaroptera griseoviridis (v. Mull.). 



Rchw. III, p. 6 IG. 



Common in bushes, and thickets at Meru, especially in shambas, and the hedges of 

 Solanum or other bushes round them. It has a rather harsh note for such a little bird, 

 and it is sometimes very noisy. 



Sylvietta leucopsis (Rchw.). 



Rchw. III, p. 629. 



This funny-looking little bird was not uncommon in the thornbush north of Guaso 

 Nyiri, where it usually was seen in dense bush, and near the ground. A female specimen 

 shot at Njoro 27 /2 1911 had the ovary swelled. 



Length of wing 49 mm., of tail 20 mm. 



Iris red. 



Phylloscopus trochilus (L.). 



Rchw. III, p. (544. 



Rather commonly scattered över the country. Specimens were obtained for in- 

 stance on the acacia steppe at Lekiundu river, in the shambas round Meru borna, in a tree 

 at the road-side, not far from Punda Melia, and at Fort Hall. 



A specimen in moult was shot on the acacia steppe at Luazomela river Z U 1911. 



1 Conf. Heichenow: Vogelfauna Centralafr. Seengebietes, p. 362. 



