130 EINAR LÖNNBERG, BIRDS. 



Reichenow states ' that this bird belongs to the »Mittelafrikanisches Seengebiet ». 

 It has been found at Ruwenzori. The fact that it also lives in the forests near Nairobi 

 is of interest because it is one of the proof s that birds belonging to the forest-fauna in many 

 instances extend their distribution as far as to the eastern forest-covered foot-liills of Kenia. 



Tarsiger orientalis Fschr. Rchw. 



Rchw. Ill, p. 778. 



At Nairobi I found this beautiful bird only in the forest reser ve at the Limuru road 

 in the densest forest. It was a male with fine colours and the length of wing 85 mm. 



Specimens shot 27 /i in the primeval forest on the eastern slopes of Kenia had their 

 genital organs swelled. In this forest the species was rather common even up to a height 

 of 2700 m. 



Its distribution extends from Ruwenzori to Kilimanjaro and it is thus a member 

 of the Central African forest-fauna. 



Die Yogelfauna d. Mittelafr. Seengel».. p. 373. 



In Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection Vol. 56 E. A. Mearns has recently 

 described several new subspecies of birds from East Africa. These descriptions have, 

 however, been accessible to the present author so late that due regard could not be 

 taken to them. 



