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/ lltt. Pytelia ansorgei Hart. 



Oiiu iii'ilf ill a wretcLt'd couditiou — the head siuasLed — wiis >hol ou tin- Wouji 

 Itiver, in Torn, on Ajiril ".'Ist, I'^'.i'J. The bill is slate-lilue, bhickish grey towards 

 the tip. The crowu (aud aiijiareiitly the head all round; deep black. Jliiid-iieck. 

 breast, abdomen, thighs, aud under tail-coverts slatj' or ashy grey ; back riimp 

 aud ujjjier tail-coverts golden olive. Quills and upper wing-coverts black with 

 broad edges ol" greenish olive, thus outwardly appearing greeuish olive. Sides 

 of chest golden olive. Under wing-coverts aud inner quill-lining white. Tail 

 black, outer rectrices more slate-colour. '• Iris and feet dark brown."' Wing ol, 

 tail 411, metatarsus 12, bill mm. {Bull. IJ. 0. Clcb, December Is'.i'.i). 



lit. Nigrita canicapilla sparsimgiittata Kchw. 



Kichuchu, in Torn, o. 4. IsU'J. " Iris oehro-yellow." 



Tills form. ditJ'ering from S.cank-apilla (■ardrai>illii only liy I lie lesser number 

 of spots on the wing, which are restricted to the smaller series of wing-coverts, 

 can only be regarded as a geographical race of the latter. 



11>. Symplectes reichenowi Fisclier. 



i ? ad. Nairobe, :V\ 1. 1809. " Iris in both sexes yellow : feet light brown ; 

 bill black." 



V lift. Symplectes stuhlmanui Reliw. {Om. MoifiK^hfr. v. 1. p. :.".• (Imi:;;. 



Kawelli (Buekulla), in Uganda ; Kitagwetoa, in Tom ; Masiudi, in Unyoro. 

 " Iris in the male ochre, in the female light yellow ; bill slaty black ; feet pale 

 brown." 



1'2". Passer motitensis mfocinctus Fisch. & Rchw. 



$ ?. Nairobe, ".'T. I. IS'.iii. ''Iris straw-yellow : feet dark grey with a slaty 

 tinge, bill deep grey, almost black." 



It is evident that /-". rufocinctcs aud shelln'/l are only geographieal tipnn> 

 ol the same group as motltetnii'. They may be coniiiareil as follows : — 



". Passer motitensis motitensis .\. Smith. 



1849, A. bmitb, lUristr. Zool. 8. Ajr. pi. Ill ; 1888, SbiU'pu, Ciii. A". /(/■-(, Mm. v. XVl. p. Mi. 



Larger, wing 8n mm., bill very thick and high, about IL' mm. Imig, sides 

 of head almost white (S. Africa). 



h. Passer motitensis mfocinctus Fisch. I'v: Kchw. 



1884, Jouin.r. Oni. p. 50 ; 1891, Sharpe, IbU p. 256. 



A little smaller, wing TS mm., bill ei|iially Imig. but much less high, sides 

 of head grey (.Masailaudj. 



