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Neumann ^® found leucotis common in the Abaya Lakes district, 

 where he searched for the little-known T. ruspolii, south almost to 

 Lake Stefanie. Erlanfi;er^^ observed it as Adis Abeba, at Mount 

 Sekuala, and in the lake region of Shoa. Zedlitz ^^ records it from 

 a wide area traversing Ethiopia from the Anseba River south to the 

 Omo and Gelo drainage basins and the Gandjule Lakes and Gardula 

 in Shoa. 



According to Brehm the breeding season of this turaco in Bogos- 

 land is in April. 



TURACUS HARTLAUBI (Fischer and Reichenow) 



Corythaix hartlaubi Fischer and Reichenow, Journ. f. Ornith., 1884, p. 52: 

 Mount Meru, near Kilimanjaro. 



Specimens collected: 



Eight males and seven females. Escarpment, 7,390 feet (2,200 

 meters) , Kenya Colony, September 5-10, 1912. 



From the first description of this species in 1884 until 1915 the 

 bird was considered as a somewhat variable form, but no attempt 

 was made to divide it into races. In 1915 Mearns ^^ assembled a 

 much larger series than anyone had done before him and split the 

 species into four races, as follows: 



1. T. h. hartlaubi. — Mounts Meru and Kilimanjaro west across 

 Tanganyika Territory and north into Kenya Colony in the Sotik 

 district. This form said to be characterized by having the thighs 

 varying from greenish violet gray to blackish violet gray, the wings 

 and back dark bluish violet. 



2. T. h. medius. — Forested highlands, north of the Uganda Rail- 

 way from Machakos to Victoria Nyanza. Similar to hartlaitbi.^ but 

 with the wings and back helvetia blue instead of dark bluish violet. 



3. T. h. caer-ulescens. — The forested summit of Mount Gargues. 

 Similar to medius, but with the red portion of the wing quills redder, 

 less purplish above; the throat and breast calla green instead of 

 cerro green. 



4. T. h. crissalis. — The forested summit of Mount Mbololo. Differs 

 from all other forms in having the thighs black, not violet gray. 



The next worker to assemble a good series of specimens was Van 

 Someren,^ who found that crissalis could not be upheld as the color- 

 ation of the vent and thighs varies greatly in birds from any one 

 locality. Van Someren writes that, " * * * in the Machakos, 



■"Journ. f. Ornitb., 1904, p. 379. 



»' Idem, 1905, p. 436. 



88 Idenr, 1910, p. 746. 



»» Smiths. Misc. Colls., vol. 65, no. 13, pp. 1-4. 



1 Xov. Zool., vol. 29. 1922, pp. 48-49. 



