MAY, 1909. BIRDS FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA DEARBORN. 189 



See HARTERT, Novitates Zoologica, 1900, p. 38, geographical 

 variation; NEUMANN, Journal fitr Ornithologie, 1900, p. 278, geo- 

 graphical variation; id. ibid., 1905, pp. 234-236, subspecies, char- 

 acters and distribution. 



Family Dicruridae. 



224. Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus (Licht.). 



Muscicapa divaricata Lichtenstein, Verzeichniss der Doubletten, 

 Zoologische Museum, Berlin, 1823, p. 52. Senegambia, West Africa. 



cT, Oct., Tana River. 



See OBERHOLSER, Proceedings National Museum, Washington, 

 1905, pp. 918-920, characters and distribution of subspecies. 



Family Sturiiiclse. 



225. Lamprocolius chalybaeus sycobius (Hartl.). 

 Lamprocolius sycobius Hartlaub, Journal fur Ornithologie, 1859, 



p. 19, Mozamibque. 



d\ 9 , Oct., d\ Nov., Nairobi. 



9 ., Jan., Naivasha. 



d\ Jan., Kijabe. 



9 , Oct., Tana River. 



?, Apr., Voi. 



226. Spreo superbus (Rupp.). 



Lamprotornis superbus Riippell, Systematische Uebersicht der 

 Vogel Nord-Ost-Afrika's, 1845, p. 65. Shoa, Abyssinia. 

 9, 9, $ im., 9im., Dec., Lucania. 

 tf, 9 , Jan., Naivasha. 



227. Amydrus morio ruppellii (Verreaux). 



Amydrus ruppellii Verreaux, Chenu, Encyclopedia d'Histoire 

 Naturelle, V. (1856) p. 166. Abyssinia. 



d\ d*, d 1 im., c? im., cT im., $ , 9 im., Jan., Kijabe. 

 d\ Dec., Lucania. 



