KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMI KNS HAN DUNGAR. HAND 47. N:o 5. 125 



Hippolais languida (Hempr. Ehr.). 



Rchw. III, p. 646. 



A specimen of this kind was shot on the northern ,side of Guaso Ny i ii aboul one 

 days march above Chanler Falls. Dr. Reichenqw who kindly has given lus opinion 

 about this specimen, writes about it in a letter: »lhr Vogel ist ein wenig grauer als der 

 Typus, doch möchte ich auf diesen Umstand keinen besonderen Wert legen.» 



Sylvia syl via (L. ). 



Rchw. 111. p. 650. 

 A specimen was shot near Fort Hall in a thick growth of tall herbs 31 /a 1911. 



Agrobates familiaris (Ménétr.). 



Rchw. III, i>. 656. 



In the middle of March I obtained two specimens of this species in the thornbush 

 country north of Guaso Nyiri and below Chanler Falls. They were shot in the dry bush 

 at different opportunities, and their colouration agrees beautifully with the general grey 

 colour of this landscape during the dry season. It has been observed in Somaliland before. 



Length of wing 85 — 88 mm., of tail 68 — 70 mm. 



Argya rubiginosa (Rupp. ). 



Rchw. III, p. G73. 



A female specimen shot at Lekiundu ~' Ii had the iris straw-yellow, but a pair, male 

 and female, shot in bushes fringing Guaso Nyiri below Chanler Falls had both the iris 

 bluish grey. The latter were shot out of a small flock. Along the river Guaso Nyiri 

 this bird was often seen, and specimens were secured above Chanler Falls as well. 



This bird belongs to the Somalifauna. 



Crateropus hypoleucus Cab. 



Rchw. III, p. 665. 



I observed a family of this bird for the first time in a few isolated trees in a cultivated 

 field outside Nairobi, and shot the old female and a young female the 6th of Januari 1911. 

 Iris yellow. 



It was also found at Punda Melia, Fort Hall, and at Kutu, and Kagio as well, always 

 in family flocks. It is a noisy bird, and its notes remind one somewhat of the screams 

 of the European Jackdaws, although not so loud. 



The white of the lower parts was almost always soiled of the red clay of the Kikuyu 

 country. 



By the above recorded localities the range of this species appears to be extended 

 further north than before. 



