BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 225 



One male and one female, Indunumara Mountains, Kenya Colony, 

 July 15, 1912. 



The birds from Ethiopia (Mar Mora and east of Lake Stefanie) 

 are the first records for this I'ace in that coimtry and constitute the 

 northwestern limits of the known range of somallca. They are not 

 entirely tj^pical but are nearer to this form than any other. They 

 are slightly larger and darker than those from northern Kenya 

 Colony, suggesting in these respects the larger, darker, more northern 

 form electa. The following measurements show this quite clearly. 



Males: Ethiopia (Lake Stefanie), wing 153, tail 108, culmen IG 

 millimeters. Kenya Colony, wing 146-145, tail 100-107, culmen 

 15-16 millimeters. 



Females: Ethiopia (Mar Mora), wing 146, tail 103, culmen 14.5 

 millimeters. Kenya Colony, Aving 140-145, tail 98.5-108, culmen 

 14.5-15 millimeters. 



This race is the smallest of all the forms of S. capicola., and, with 

 the exception of hJIgert^ is also the palest and lightest. In the 

 southern part of its range (Kilimanjaro south along the Tan- 

 ganyikan coast to the Pangani River) the birds are slightly duskier 

 than those of Jubaland and southern Somaliland, approaching 

 anceps in general appearance. 



The male and one of the females taken 18 miles soutliAvest of Hor 

 were apparently a mated pair. 



These birds M^ere seen in large numbers every day on the journey 

 from the Lower Chaffa Village to the Athi River station on the 

 Uganda Railway (August 12 to September 1). The numbers 

 observed varied from 20 to 1,000 birds a day. 



STREPTOPELIA CAPICOLA ELECTA (Madarasz) 



Tuitur clectus Madarasz, Orn. Mouatsb., 1913, p. 7: Maraquo, Ethiopia. 



Speciviens collected: 



One male and two females, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 15- 

 22, 1911. 



Male and female, Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 22, 1912. 



Soft parts (alike in both sexes): Iris, dark brown; bill, black; 

 bare skin around eye, lead color; feet, vinaceous; claws, blackish. 



In identifying the specimens of this race and of the next form, 

 a large series of specimens (72) from all parts of Africa has been 

 studied and the conclusions reached by Zedlitz ^^ have been found to 

 hold; the only point to be added to his revision is the inclusion of 

 the recently described Tanganyikan form anceps Friedmann.^* 



s'Journ. f. Ornith., 19r4, p. 649. 



**I'roc. N. Eng. Zool. C\., vol. 10, p. 67. A\i>r. 20, 1928. 



