328 
ON SAFAEI 
Bulbuls ( Pycnonotus) 
The ringing flute-like song of one species (P. layardi) has 
already been mentioned at Baringo—specially noticeable to¬ 
wards night (see pp. 58 and 63). Other kinds warble all day, 
a rich sweet song, audible afar, even around Mombasa. 
Babblers ( Crater opus) 
Thrush-like birds which frequent bush, alighting in a mass 
on some thorn if they think no one is in sight. Otherwise 
emin’s babbler (Crateropus emini, ? ). 
secretive, more often heard than seen. On one’s approaching to 
see what all the noise is about, the Babblers sneak off quietly 
through the bush ahead; most difficult to see. 
The annexed rough sketch represents one of the Babblers— 
C. emini. 
Thrushes and Warblers 
Wheatear —Saxicola cenanthe. Observed by us both at Nairobi 
and Elmenteita, besides being recorded from Athi and 
elsewhere, during the winter months, the earliest date 
being September 26 at Njemps. 
Fan tail-Warblers— Cisticola. Abundant on the marshy flats 
around Lake Nakuru, 
