NESTING OF UGANDA BIEDS 
477 
SYLVIIDJE — (a) SYLVIINM * 
Melocichla mentalis atricauda . 1 — 
Cisticola strangei . . . — — 
G. lugubris . . . . — — 
C. terrestris ugandce . . . — — 
C. lateralis . . . . — — 
C. eryihrops . . . . — — 
Calamocichla leptorhyncha . — — 
Prinia mystacea. . . .1 — 
P. reichenowi . . . . — — 
Eminia lepida . . . . — — 
Camaroptera griseoviridis . . — — 
Sylvietta virens . . . — — 
(b) TURDINJE 
Crateropus melanops slnarpei . — — 
Turdus pelios centralis . . — — 
(c) SAXICOLINJS 
Myrmecocichla nigra . . . — — 
(d) ERITHACIN M 
Cossypha natalensis . 
C. heuglini 
C. verticalis melanonota 
Totals per month 
Z = z 1 
1 
1 
1 
i I I 
i i i 
i i i 
I I I 
I l i 
l I i 
21 25 95 192 
118 
77 34 20 26 37 42 31 
Total = 716. 
The figures for colony-nesting species — such as the cor- 
morants, darters, herons, and certain weavers, and, again, 
for Spermestes cucullata — might be multiplied indefinitely, 
especially for the month of April. In these cases the figures 
in the table are of clutches of eggs actually taken only, and 
thus the totals are not unduly swollen. 
The great majority of the nests included were noted on 
the Entebbe Peninsula and closely-adjacent mainland. A 
few were found at Mubendi, Singo, and Jinja ; while two 
clutches (Bubo maculosus and Turtur cajpicola) came from 
near Kitgum. 
None of the nightjars could be identified — the birds not 
being obtained at the time. Probably the nests found represent 
at least two species. The supposed goshawk’s nest was found 
in a smallish tree by the lake. The boy who found it called 
the bird dirawamu ; but that name is given by the Baganda 
to more than one hawk. 
