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with rufous buff; the third is intermediate between the first and the 

 second. The second is much paler, less rufescent, above, but more 

 heavily barred with blackish than either of the others. 



The present series of 30 specimens ought to give a fair idea of the 

 size variations of the race, yet the wing lengths do not agree as 

 closely as might reasonably be expected with those given by Hartert.^^' 

 He gives the following: Male 169-182, female 168-176 millimeters: 

 while Mearns' series measures, male 160-178 and female 159-169 

 millimeters, noticeabl}'^ smaller on the whole than Hartert's birds. 

 Yet Van Someren^^ writes that Hartert's type and cotypes were, 

 " * * * exceptionally small birds, as shown by a good series of 

 additional material from north Somaliland " ! If northern soniali- 

 cus are usually larger than southern ones, then the two should be 

 separated on the basis of size. I have seen no material from north- 

 ern Somaliland, however, and must therefore leave the matter for 

 some one with more material to settle. I can not help suspecting, 

 however, that the larger, northern birds are really intermediates 

 between sonwXicus and senegalensis. 



This bird was recorded as follows : Boran, Lower Chaffa Village. 

 June 23, 3 seen; Upper Chaffa Village, June 24, 1,000 noted; Chaffa, 

 June 24-25, 200 birds; Hor, June 26-30, 1,000; Dry River south of 

 Hor, July 1-2, 1,000; Dussia, July 3^, 5,000 seen; Lake Rudolf, July 

 5-8, 1,000; Box Canj^on, July 9, 25 birds; southeast of Lake Rudolf, 

 July 10-12, 1,500 seen; Indunumara Mountains, July 13-18, 200 

 birds; Endoto Mountains, July 21-24, 10 seen; Er-re-re, July 25, 

 20 birds; Le-se-dun, July 26, 20 seen; Lekiundu River, August 4-8, 

 14 birds noted. 



On June 24, at Upper Chaffa Village, Mearns wrote — 



* * * thousands of saud grouse watering in pools of stream. * * * 

 Great flocks came in to water while I was hidden under a bush. They prefer 

 to alight on rocks near pool, making a second flight or running down to the 

 water. On alighting they immediately bowed their chests to the ground or 

 rock, with the hinderparts tilted slightly upward. Actions like pigeons when 

 watering. The Oena doves always joined their ranks. Movements of head 

 like pigeons. 



EREMIALECTOR GUTTURALIS SATURATIOR (Hartert) 



Pterocles gutturalis saturatior HajrtertI, Nov. Zool., vol. 7, 1900, p. 29: 

 Campi-ya-Simba, Ukamba district, Kenya Colony. 



Specimens collected: 



Male and female, Athi Station, Uganda Railway, Kenya Colony, 

 September 1, 1912. . 



'« Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 1511. 

 "Nov. Zool., vol. 29, 1922, p. 24. 



