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feathers, I am inclined to think that somaliensis is rather darker than nrsinoe, not 



paler. Probably lleichenow's material of arsinoe is very poor. The measurements 



have not been given by Keichenow, and no type has been marked. I fix as the 



type specimen No. 5, c? (sexed), Dadab T.i January 1900, this being in the best 



condition. 



Ig. P. barbatus tricolor : S.W. Africa, north to Congo. Under tail-coverts yellow, 



crown brown. Axillaries whitish. (26 examined.) 

 \h. P. barbatus layardi : Eastern Cape Colony northwards, probably to Mozamljique 



and Lake Nyassa. Under tail-coverts yellow, crown black. (20 examined.) 

 1/. P. barbatus micriis : British East Africa and Kilimanjaro. Exact limits not 



yet known. Like layardi, but upperside darker, size smaller. (.5 



examined.) 

 IJ. P. barbatus minor : Upper White Nile to Mctoria Nyanza. Like tricolor, 



but axillaries greyish brown, and slightly smaller. (9 specimens examined.) 

 l/i'. P. barbatus spM7'i«s Rchw. (Vui/d Afr. iii. p. 841) : P^nnia, Gallaland. 



Very similar to micrus, but ear-coverts quite black, not brown, with oidy the 

 upper portion black. Apparently more whitish underneath, than micrus. Not 

 the whole throat, but only the upper part of the throat is black, as in micrus. 

 There is no close similarity to dodsoni at all, which is described below. Of 

 the three specimens one is marked as " ?," the other two as " cj." The ? fi'om 

 Arbadule and the one from Oda Muda have the wings 87 and 88 mm. long, the 

 S from Arbadule 93 mm. I fix the last as the type, and think the other two must 

 be both females. (3 specimens examined, including the type.) 



II. Pycnonotus capensis : eyelids protruding, wattle-like. 



2a. P. capensis capensis : Southern parts of Cape Colony. Eyelid mostly whitish, 



underside brownish, paler in the middle of the abdomen. (10 examined.) 

 2h. P. capensis ni<jricans : Central parts of Cajie Colony north to the Transvaal 



in the east, to Benguella in the west. 

 Under-surface, except the throat and jiigulum, whitish, crown black. Eyelid 

 as a rule bright reddish or '■ chrome orange." This can easily be seen in well-prepared 

 skins, and the bright colour is clearly described on each label on the specimens 

 collected in Benguella by Dr. Ansorge. In two specimens, both marked ? , one 

 from Katenge, 14. vii. 1904, the other from Huxe, 2. vii. 1904, the eyelid is — though 

 bare and protruding — blackish, and Dr. Ansorge described it as greenish black in 

 one, dark green in the other, while in other females it is bright orange as in males. 

 (21 .skins examined.) 

 '2c. P. capiensis rcichenou'l : South Arabia. L'pper surface more greyish, eyelid 



brownish. (15 examined ) 

 2d. P. capensis xantliopyi/os : Palestine to the Sinai-penin.sula. Like reichenawi, 



but larger, bill stronger, ui)per surface not so greyish, black on throat less 



abruptly separated. (7 examined.) 



III. Pycnonotus dodsoni: eyelid not protruding and wattle-like. 



ort. Pycnonotus dodsoni: Middle and Southern Somaliland to Witu and ISIakindos 

 River (tributary of the Athi River) in British East Africa. 

 Differs at a glance from all its allies by the liroader whitish tips to the 



