BIEDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 

 3. S. coronatus demissus 



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It will be seen that the East African birds of the typical race are 

 smaller than Natal specimens. The type locality of coronatus is 

 the Cape of Good Hope and it might therefore be concluded that the 

 smaller eastern birds are separable, in which case the question would 

 arise as to whether the large southern coronatus and the large north- 

 ern susficax were distinct. But the South African birds are not all 

 as large as the few I have examined (to judge from the literature) 

 and the differences between them and East African ones become 

 less as the series increase. 



Besides the specimens collected, the species was observed as fol- 

 lows: Chaff a villages, June 23-25, 175 birds; Hor, June 26-30, 25 

 seen ; dry river south of Hor, July 1-2, 25 noted ; Dussia, July 3-4, 

 25 birds; Lake Rudolf and countrj^ immediately to the southeast, 

 July 5-12, 90 seen; Indunumara Mountains, July 12-18, 30; Endoto 

 Mountains, July 19-24, 16 birds ; Er-re-re, July 25, 10 seen ; Le-se-dun, 

 July 26, 10 birds; Malele and district to the south for 45 miles, 

 July 27-30, 45 seen ; Northern Guaso Nyiro River, July 31 to August 

 3, 20 birds; Lekiundu River, August 4-8, 75 seen; Meru, August 9, 

 25 birds; and Athi River, August 30 to September 2, 100 birds 

 observed. 



STEPHANIBYX CORONATUS SUSPICAX Friedmaim 



8tephunibi/x coronatus suspicax Friedmann, Proc. N. Eng. Zool. CL, vol. 10, 

 November 13, 1928, p. 95 ; Sadi Malka, Ethiopia. 



Specimens collected : 



Two males, Tollo, Ethiopia, December 16, 1911. 



Two males, 1 unsexed, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, February 3, 1912. 



One male, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 7, 1912. 



One male, Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 23, 1912. 



One female, Tertale, Ethiopia, June 8, 1912. 



Soft parts: Iris hazel brown; distal half of bill black, proximal 

 half red ; tibiae and feet red, claws black. 



The characters and range of this race have already been discussed 

 under the typical subspecies and need not concern us here. 



