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Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 
XXXI.— On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. A. B. Percival 
in British East Africa . By D. A. Bannerman, B.A., 
M.B.O.U. With Field-Notes by the Collector. 
(Plate XI.) 
The present paper is based on a collection of birds which 
was formed by Mr. Arthur Blayney Percival (Game-Banger 
to the Protectorate) in British East Africa, during the years 
1900-1903, and presented to the British Museum. The 
collection, though a small one, is of special interest from the 
fact that it was chiefly made in the coastal districts, whence 
comparatively few specimens have hitherto been received. 
A few birds were also obtained at various points along the 
railway between Mombasa and Nairobi, and in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Mount Kilimanjaro ; likewise some at Shimoni, Taka- 
ungu, and Malindi: the three last-named are places situated 
on the coast-line, Malindi being some fifty miles north 
of Mombasa. Unfortunately, Mr. Percival obtained only 
a small series of each species, and it is to be regretted that 
in many instances the sex was not determined. 
Only one species—a Bulbul ( Chlorocichlapercivali) —proved 
to be new in Mr. PercivaPs collection, and this has already 
been described by Dr. Neumann; but several rare birds, not 
previously represented in the Natural History Museum, are 
also included. Among the more interesting species may be 
mentioned Pytelia nitidula , which is here figured for the 
first time from specimens in Mr. F. J. Jackson's collection; 
the curious Golden Pipit, Tmetothylacus tenellus , of which 
Mr. Percival obtained a small series ; Macrosphenus Jcretsch - 
meri, hitherto unrepresented in the National Collection ; 
and the extremely rare Fan-tailed Warbler, Cisticola picti - 
pennisy from the Kikuyu Forest. 
In the following itinerary will be found a list of the 
localities visited by Mr. Percival, with the months in which 
the birds were collected :—• 
