Birds from British East Africa. 
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97. Terpsiphone plumbeiceps Reich. 
Tchitrea plumbeiceps Reich, ii. p. 510. 
Terpsiphone plumbeiceps Swynnerton, Ibis, 1908, p. 98. 
a, b. $ . Takaungu, Feb. 3 901. (No. 133.) 
c. £ . Shimoni, 19th May, 1901. 
Iris blue; upper mandible black, lower mandible slate- 
coloured ; legs bluish slate-coloured. 
According to Dr. Reichenow this species ranges from 
South Africa northwards along the lake-district to the Congo 
and Niam Niam. It does not appear to have been recorded 
from the coast-district of East Africa. 
[Common in thick bush near Shimoni.— A. B. P.] 
98. Terpsiphone viridis (Mull.). 
Tchitrea viridis Reich, ii. p. 501. 
a-c. [ d ] et imm. Kikuyu Forest, 29th-30th May, 1902. 
(Nos. 311, 318, 319.) 
No. 319 is a male with the edges of the inner primaries 
and secondaries white; the tail with its long middle pair of 
tail-feathers is entirely chestnut. 
No. 341 has the tips of the greater secondary wing-coverts 
white, but the rest of the upper parts are chestnut. 
99. Trochocercus bivittatus Reich. 
Trochocercus bivittatus Reich, ii. p. 499. 
a. ? . Mt. Kilimanjaro, 9th Feb., 1902. (No. 235.) 
The specimen is in freshly moulted plumage. It is darker 
on the upper parts than two female examples in the British 
Museum, and does not shew the olive-green tint which 
seems to be characteristic of them. 
100. IIirundo monteiri Hartl. 
Hirundo monteiri Reich, ii. p. 416. 
a. Ad. Tanganiko, Feb. 1901. (No. 121.) 
[This Swallow was not found in Takaungu, but was 
common at Tanganiko, about twelve to fifteen miles distant. 
It appeared to be breeding in the hollows of the bark of a 
Baobab tree. Its flight w 7 as heavy and powerful, and it 
seemed to prefer to sit on the tops of trees.— A. B. P.] 
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