. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. . Plate II Cisticola carruthersi: left, two adults; right, two immatures. References: Britton, P. L. & Harper, J. F. 1969. Some new distributional records for Kenya. Bull. 89: 162-165. Jackson, F. J. 1938. The Birds of Kenya Colony and Uganda Protectorate. Gurney and Jackson, London. Mackworth-Praed, C. W. & Grant, C. H. B. 1955. Birds of eastern and north-eastern Africa. Vol. 11. Longmans, London. Birds in Brachystegia microphyllum in southern Tanzania by R. Stjernstedt Received 14th November, 1969 In Brachystegia microphyllum woo
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. . Plate II Cisticola carruthersi: left, two adults; right, two immatures. References: Britton, P. L. & Harper, J. F. 1969. Some new distributional records for Kenya. Bull. 89: 162-165. Jackson, F. J. 1938. The Birds of Kenya Colony and Uganda Protectorate. Gurney and Jackson, London. Mackworth-Praed, C. W. & Grant, C. H. B. 1955. Birds of eastern and north-eastern Africa. Vol. 11. Longmans, London. Birds in Brachystegia microphyllum in southern Tanzania by R. Stjernstedt Received 14th November, 1969 In Brachystegia microphyllum woodland at Liwale, in Mtwara region, southern Tanzania, during 1967 and 1968,1 found a number of forest birds, including one montane forest species, Bessonornis anomala. This appears rather anomalous, since the area is not montane (altitude 2,200 ft. —nearest highlands the Mbarika mountains 100 miles away to the north-west), and B. microphyllum is not normally a forest tree. Therefore it is interesting to compare the avifauna of this B. microphyllum habitat with that of surrounding areas, which is all "miombo" woodland {Brachystegia spp. but B. microphyllum never dominating). Brachystegia microphyllum is fairly commonly found in "miombo" country, growing in isolated strips fringing the tops of hills or escarpments. At Liwale, however, it is the dominant tree over a large block of country some 20 miles across, extending north and west from Liwale township, starting on the north bank of the River Liwale on which the township is situated. The trees are 70-80 feet tall, their flat tops forming a continuous ceiling, and unlike the other Brachystegia spp. they are evergreen. The floor is mostly devoid of grasses but often with a dense dry shrubby undergrowth which persists and becomes more rank in open patches, resembling coastal thickets. Thus 28. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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