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one left the nest on May 11th, and seemed surprisingly steady and

sensible. This species is recorded by Dr. Hopkinson as having been

bred in America, but this would appear to be the first occasion of its

nesting in England. There is nothing to my mind particularly

attractive about the Mourning Dove : it is sombre in colour and sad

of voice.



CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES, ETC.


MR. C. S. WEBB’S COLLECTION


Mr. Webb has recently returned from another collecting trip to North-East

Tanganyika with examples of the following species of birds :—■


Kenya Crested Guineafowl [Guttera pucherani).


White-eared Barbet ( Buccanodon leucotis kilimense).


Mombasu White-browed Robin-Chat ( Cossypha heuglini intermedia).

Red-capped Robin-Chat ( Cossypha natalensis).


Usambara White-starred Bush-Robin ( Gogonocichla stellata orientalis).

African Golden Oriole [Oriolus auratus notatus).


Green-headed Oriole ( Oriolus chlorocephalus).


European Oriolus ( Oriolus oriolus).


Golden-winged Sunbird ( Drepanorhynchus reichenowi).


Lesser Bifasciated Sunbird ( Cinnyris bifasciatus microrhynchus).


Kenya Buff-breasted Sunbird ( Cinnyris venustus falkensteini).


East African Mariqua Sunbird ( Cinnyris mariquensis suahilicus).

Usambara Double-collared Sunbird ( Cinnyris mediocris usambaricus).

Scarlet-chested Sunbird ( Chalcomitra senegalensis cequatorialis).


Mombasa Collared Sunbird (Anthreptes collaris elachior).


Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes longuemarei neglectus).

Usambara Grey-chin Sunbird (Anthreptes tephrolcema rubitorques).


East African Forest Weaver (Ploceus bicolor kirsteni).


Rufous backed Mannikin (Spermestes nigriceps nigriceps).


Magpie Mannikin (Amauresthes fringilloides).


Usambara Blue-billed Finch [Spermophaga ruficapilla cana).


Red-eyed Crimson-wing (Cryptospiza reichenowi sanguinolenta).


Petero Spotted Waxbill (Hypargos niveoguttatus).


Hartlaubs Spotted Waxbill (Mandingoa nitidida chubbi).


Kenya Firefinch [Lagonisticta rubricata hildebrandti).


Kenya Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis kilimensis).


Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus aureoflavus castaneiceps).


Abyssinian Yellow Bishop ( Eupectes capensis xanthomelas).


Red-collared Whydah (Coliuspasser ardens tietensis).


Blue-headed Waxbill [TJraeginthus cyanocephalus).


Tanganyika Melba Finch (Pytelia melba grotei).


Purple Grenadier Waxbill [Granatina ianthinogaster ianthinogaster).



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