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Birds from British East Africa. 
one bird as we were marching to Malindi. In the bush- 
country they were fairly numerous, and I have not the 
slightest doubt as to the truth of their leading men to bees* 
nests.— A . B. P.] 
108. Barbatula affinis Reich. 
Barhatula affinis Reich, ii. p. 152. 
a, b. g . Malindi, 1st March, 1901. (Nos. 61, 62.) 
[These little Barbets are very difficult to see, though often 
heard. At Malindi I shot two examples out of a small party 
of them.— A. B. P.] 
109. Barbatula bilineata (Sund.). 
Barbatula bilineata Reich, ii. p. 147. 
a. A • Takaungu. 
Dr. Reichenow gives the range of this species as South¬ 
east Africa, from Zululand to Nyasaland. The example 
obtained at Takaungu by Mr. Percival is slightly smaller 
than those in the British Museum. Total length about 
3*7 inches; wing 2*0; tail 1*2 ; tarsus 0'6. 
110. Lybius melanopterus (Peters). 
Lybius melanopterus Reich, ii. p. 121. 
a. Ad. Mombasa, May 1903. (No. 160.) 
[The Red-lieaded Barbet was not uncommon in the open 
country near Mombasa and also in the neighbourhood of 
Malindi.— A. B. P.] 
111. Lvbius senex (Reich.). 
Lybius senex Reich, ii. p. 123. 
a, b. Ad. Nairobi, 29th June, 1902. (Nos. 334, 331/7.) 
[This Barbet was not uncommon; it was usually met with 
in small flocks of five or six birds.— A. B. P.] 
112. Smilorhis kilimensis Shelley. 
Buccanodon kilimense Reich, ii. p. 142. 
a, b. A • South of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 8th and 9th Feb., 
1902. (Nos. 229, 230.) 
The type of this species, which is in the British Museum, 
was procured on Kilimanjaro by Mr. H. C. V. Hunter. 
