NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS 
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Halcyon orientalis. White- breasted Kingfisher. $ 2, <J 1. 
Mombasa and Manda Island. 
Meropim 
Melittophagus pusillus cyanostictus, Cab. Yellow- throated 
Bee-Eater. $ 3, $ 8. Lamu and Mombasa, M’koi. C. Grant 
states, Ibis, 1915, that the type locality of Cabanis’ bird is 
Mombasa. These specimens, therefore, must belong to M. p. 
cyanostictus, and not M. p. Sharpei, Hartert. Birds from 
Nairobi and farther inland are paler on the under surface, 
and have the blue superciliary stripe distinct and extending 
well on to the forehead and joining its fellow of the opposite 
side. These birds are not M. c. meridionalis. 
Merops super ciliosus. Green Bee-Eater. $ 12, 15. 
Lamu. 
Merops nubicus. Carmine Bee-Eater. $ 6, 6. Mom- 
basa and Lamu. Birds in first plumage were obtained. 
Upupid^j 
Bhinopomaster schalowi, Neum. Slender-billed Wood-hoopoe. 
$ 2, 4. Manda Island and Mombasa. 
One male from Manda Island is abnormal in that the 
amount of white on the wing extends to all the secondary 
coverts, and many of the lesser coverts are greyish. 
Caprimulgidje 
Three specimens were obtained, referable to C. fossei, C. 
frenatus, C. (?). 
Cypselld^j 
Tachornis parvus mychrous, Reich. Palm Swift. $ 4, 
3. Lamu. These birds appear to be identical with birds 
collected at Morogoro, G.E. Africa. 
Hirundinid^i 
Hirundo cethiopica, Blanf. Red-fronted Swallow. $ 6, 
(J 7. Mombasa, Lamu, and Manda. This series shows birds 
