621 
On Birds from the Near East. 
1921.] 
Bubo lacteus. 
Asio capensis. 
Halcyon orientalis. 
Corythornis cyanostigma. 
Bucorax cafer. 
Melittophagus bullockoides. 
„ pusillus cyano- 
stictus. 
Tachornis parva. 
Turacus sclialowi marungensis. 
Schizorhis concolor. 
Centropus monachus. 
„ s. senegalensis. 
Indicator indicator. 
Lybius chaplini. 
Melanobucco torquatus. 
Pogoniulus chrysoconus 
rhodesise. 
Caprimulgus fossei. 
Thripias namaquus. 
Hirundo semirufa. 
„ s. monteiri. 
„ griseopyga. 
Grauculus pectoralis. 
Pycnonotus tricolor micrus. 
Crateropus hartlaubi. 
Saxicola sp. 
Campicola pileata. 
Thamnolaea nigra. 
Cisticola n. natalensis. 
} , ruficapilla. 
„ fulvifrons. 
Euprinodes flavocincta. 
Sylviella rufescens. 
Laniarius aethiopicus mossam- 
bicus. 
Prionops poliocephala. 
Batis puella. 
Nilaus afer nigritemporalis. 
Urolestes melanoleucus. 
Melaniparus niger niger. 
Lagonosticta sengalla rendalli. 
5 , niveiguttata. 
Pyromelana xanthomelsena. 
Vidua serena. 
Estrilda angolensis. 
Anaplectes rubriceps. 
Sitagra ocularia. 
Serinus icterus. 
Teplirocorys saturatior. 
Antbus sordidus nyassse. 
Macronyx wintoni. 
Lamprocolius sycobius. 
Dicrurus adsimilis. 
Cinnyris sequatorialis. 
„ leucogaster. 
XXXV .—Notes on some Birds from the Near East and from 
Tropical East Africa. By Colonel R. Meinertzhagen, 
D.S.O., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
(Text-figure 4.) 
The following notes have been compiled during the working 
out of my collections from Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and East 
Africa, and only those species are mentioned about which 
something of interest or something new has been noted. 
I was in East Africa during the first two years of the war, 
and Mr. A. Turner continued to collect for me after I left 
the country, his main effort being directed towards migratory 
ser. xi.—VOL. hi. 2 T 
