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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF MOUNT KENYA. 599 13. BUBO MACKLNDERI. (Plate XLIII.) Bubo machinderi, Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. x. p. xxviii (Dec. 1899). Nos. 69, 70. d. Teleki Valley, Mount Kenya, 13,000 feet, Sept. 3, 1899. Iris deep yellow ; bill black. No. 77. $ . Teleki Valley, Sept. 11, 1899. 14. SYRNIUM UMBRINUM. Syrnium umbrinum, Heugl. : Beichen. Mittl. bocbl. N. Deutsch- Ost-Afr. p. 272 (1898); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 294 (1900). No. 25. d • Nairobi Forest, July 1898. Iris very dark brown ; bill orange-yellow; legs aud feet pale yellow. [The various races of Syrnium tvoodfordi are very difficult to diagnose, but of those admitted by Dr. Beichenow, this specimen best agrees with the description of Syrnium umbrinum of Heuglin. - E . B. S.] 15. PYOCEPHALUS MASSAICUS. Pceocephalus massaicus, Fischer & Beichen. : Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 367 (1891); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 139 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 25 (1900). Nos. 86 & 87. d, 2 • Sept. 15, 1899, at Camp. 18a, western slope of Mount Kenya, 8000 feet. W e did not notice these birds at a lower altitude than 7000 feet, but at the above camp it was a common sight to see flocks of them in the early morn flying in a north-easterly direction and returning again just before sundown, doubtless from their favourite f eeding-groun ds. 16. THRIPIAS SCHOENSIS. Thripias schoensis (Biipp.) : Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 308 (1890); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 133 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 219 (1900).* No. 2. 2 • Ju*y ^J 1899, Nairobi Forest. Iris red ; legs and feet olive-green. The only specimen we saw in this locality, and it was shot in the most wooded parts of the forest. 17. CAMPOTHERA HAUSBURGI. Campothera hausburgi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxxvi (Jan. 1900). No. 1. d ad. Nairobi, 6000 feet, July 11, 1899. Feet olive-green ; iris red. No. 98. d- Camp 18 a; forest zone, Mt. Kenya, 6000 feet, Sept. 18, 1892. Iris red; feet ashen-green. [Compared with a specimen of C. tceniolcema in Mr. Jackson's collection from Mau, there is very little difference in the colour of the upper surface of the two species ; but the lower surface is distinct enough, the coarse and dusky nature of the cross-barring |
