FEB. 1897. EAST AFRICAN COLLECTION OF BIRDS ELLIOT. 35 



Its distribution is apparently from Manda Island or vicinity on 

 the coast, through Somali-land as far as known, and extending 

 westward to Lake Albert. Nyanza, wjience a specimen obtained 

 by Emin Pasha at Kibiro, near the lake was received at the 

 British Museum and is almost identical with my examples so far 

 as the bars on the under tail coverts are concerned, but the red of 

 the head and throat is not so dark, and the yellow of the breast not 

 so extensive. A specimen in the British Museum collection from 

 Manda Island, obtained by Jackson, has an indication of bars on 

 the under tail coverts, while another from Lamoo, sent by Kirk, 

 has no bars whatever. The vicinity of Lamoo then would seem 

 to be the northern and southern boundary of the two forms which 

 here meet on the East coast, but their distribution in the interior 

 has yet to be ascertained. 



Z. sondanensis, Sharpe, from the Soudan to Bogos-land, is inter- 

 mediate between Z. melba and Z. m. affinis, having just a faint 

 indication of bars on the under tail coverts, and would seem to 

 connect the two forms. The single specimen from Lado, included 

 by Sharpe in his Z. sondanensis, undoubtedly belongs to the pres- 

 ent sub-species and not to his new form, which, therefore, as far 

 as known, does not extend south of Bogos-land. 



17. Granatina ianthinogastra. 



Uraeginthus ianthinogastra. Reichen, Orn. Centralbl., p. 114 

 (1879). 



$ Le Gud. 



$ Marodijeh. 



$ Hullier. 



$ Marodijeh. 



$ Haud. 

 A generally distributed species in Somali-land. 



18. Hyphantornis galbula. 



Hyphantornis galbula. Riipp. Neue. Wirb., p. 92, pi. 32, fig. 



2 (1835-40). 



$ Las Durban. 

 $ $ Cabala, 

 o? Hullier. 

 Not uncommon in certain portions of the plateau. 



