(415) 



99. Heliocorys modesta g'ifFardi Hart. 



t? ? Gambaga 18. 7. and 20. 12. 1898. " Iris brown." 



This pair of little larks differs from typical Mirafra bucolica Hartl., which are 

 said by Sharpe {Cat. B. Brit. M>is. XIII. p. 623) to be the same a.^ Heliocorys 

 modesta (Heugl.), from Fadjuli and Kabajendi (Einin Pasha coll.) in being generally 

 paler, with the breast lighter, the foreneck and chest heavily spotted with blackish 

 brown, and in being slightly smaller. Wing <? 81, ? 79, tail S 52, ? 48, tarsus 

 about 18 mm. (Cf. Bull. B. 0. C. v. IX. no. 1, October 1899.) 



MOTACILLIDAE. 

 100. Motacilla vidua Sundev. 



5 Gambaga, 27. 10. 1899. 



It is probable that M. vidua can be separated into several subspecies. Cf. 

 Journ.j: Orn. 1886 p. 582. 



NECTARINIIDAE. 

 101. Nectarinia pulchella (L.). 



6 juv., Gambaga, 15. 12. 1898. " Iris brown." 



102. Hedidypna platura (Vieill.). 

 (?(? Gambaga, 15. 12. 1898. "Iris brown." 



103. Cinnyris senegalensis (L.). 



<? S Gambaga, .July and August 1898. 



These two specimens have the glittering narrow bars across the feathers of the 

 chest blue, and not so greenish as Seuegambian skins. They may form a separate 

 race (?). 



104. Cinnyris splendidus (Shaw). 

 Cape Coast to Moshi. Common. 



105. Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw). 

 (? Cape Coast, 1.5. 1899. 



PARIDAE. 



106. Parus leucopterus Swains. 

 ? ? Gambaga, January and July. " Iris light yellow." 



LANIIDAE. 

 107. Lanius senator badius Hartl. 



S ad. and ? (or S juv.) shot at Gambaga 10. 12. 1898, belong to the form 

 known as Lanius badius (cf. Cat. B. Brit. Mas. VIII. p. 285). 



The male has no white bases to the first primaries, so that the white patch 

 behind the primary coverts, which is so conspicuous in our European L. senator, is 



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