MAY, 1909. BIRDS FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA DEARBORN. 161 



The immature specimen differs from the other only in its bill, 

 which is shorter and black, and in its chin, which is buff. 



See GRANT, Ibis, 1902, pp. 432, 433, Key to species, and dis- 

 tribution of/, erythrorhynchus ; id. ibid. 1905, pp. 209, 210, remarks 

 on proposed subspecies. 



90. Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi (Neum.). 



Rhino pomastus. schalowi Neumann, Journal fur Ornithologie, 1900, 

 pp. 221, 222. Usandawe, German East Africa. 



d\ 9, Apr., Voi. 



cT, Feb., Lake Elmenteita. 



The upper aspect of the pair from Voi is purple, while of the speci- 

 men from Lake Elmenteita it is steel blue; furthermore the white 

 bar on the primaries of the latter bird is more than twice as broad 

 as that on the pair from Voi. These differences are conspicuous and 

 if they prove to be constant are quite sufficient to extablish a sub- 

 species. 



Family Meropid?e. 



91. Melittophagus pusillus meridionalis (Sharpe.}. 

 Melittophagus meridionalis Sharpe, Catalogue of the Birds in the 



British Museum, XVII, (1892), p. 45. 



d\ 9, Nov., Athi River. 



9 , 9 , 9 , C? im., Dec., Lucania. 



9 , Nov., Nairohi. 



i specimen without data. 



None of these specimens has more than a faint trace of blue on 

 the forehead. 



See HARTERT, Novitates Zoologies, 1900, p. 35, synonomy; 

 OBERHOLSER, Proceedings National Museum,, Washington, 1905, 

 pp. 852-854, characters and distribution of subspecies; NEUMANN, 

 Journal fur Ornithologie, 1905, p. 191, approximation of cyanostictus 

 and meridionalis in German East Africa; ERLANGER, ibid. 1905, 

 distribution of subspecies. 



92. Melittophagus variegatus oreobates (Sharpe}. 

 Melittophagus oreobates Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, pp. 320, 321. Mt. 



Elgon, Uganda, British East Africa. 



cT im., Jan., Kijabe. 



See JACKSON, Ibis, 1902, p. 620, plate; ERLANGER, Journal fur 

 Ornithologie, 1905, p. 457, distribution of subspecies. 



