446 BULLETIN" 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



In addition to the specimens listed, Mearns observed this barbet on 

 the Tana River near the mouth of the Thika River, August 23-26. 

 2 birds; on the Thika River, August 26-27, 4; Athi River, August 

 30-31, 6 seen. 



TRICHOLAEMA LACRYMOSUM LACRYMOSUM Cabanis 



Trichokicma lacrymo-sa Cabanis, Journ. f. Ornith., 1878, p. 205: Adi River; 

 i. e. Athi River, Kenya Colony. 



Specimens collected: 



One male, one female, Tana River, 1,200 feet, Kenya Colony, 

 August 15, 1912. 



Jackson-'' has recently described a race of, the spotted-flanked 

 barbet from Doinyo Narok, Kenya Colony, as T. I. narokensis on the 

 basis of its having the black spots on the sides and flanks much lai-ger, 

 the belly more strongly washed with sulphur yellow, and the wings 

 longer, than in the typical form. All of these characters are vari- 

 able in a series of IT lacrymosuvi studied in the present connection, 

 and I therefore consider Jackson's name a pure synonym of the 

 nominate form. 



There are three subspecies of this bird currently recognized, and 

 which I can make out with the material available. They are, how- 

 ever, not above suspicion. 



1. T . I. lacrymo^uni. — From Wadelai, northern Uganda, Turkana- 

 land, and Mount Elgon, east to the country south of Lake Rudolf and 

 to the Northern Guaso Nyiro, south through Kenya Colony except 

 the coastal strip and the Kavirondo country, to northern Tanganyika 

 Territory east of the Rift Valley, south to Kilosa and Morogoro, 

 but not to Dodoma. 



2. T. I. radcliffel. — Uganda from Lako Albert southeast to Tororo 

 and south to tlie shores of Lake Victoria (absent from extreme west- 

 ern Toro and Ankole districts) south to the Bukoba and adjacent 

 parts of Tanganyika Territory as far as northwestern shore of Emin 

 Pasha Gulf (southwest Victoria Nyanza), and east to the north 

 Kavirondo country, where, however, it intergrades with typical 

 lao-ymosvm. This race differs from the nominate form in having 

 the black spots on the flanks and sides more rounded, less tear- 

 sha])ed. 



According to Van Somcren ^" the typical race inhabits the eastern 

 province of Uganda (specimens from Sio River and Jinja). How- 

 ever, the birds of eastern Uganda are ratlier intermediate in nature 

 as in range. 



3. T. I. i^ahae. — The inland j^lateau of southeastern Tanganyika 

 Territoiy from the valleys of the Ruaha and Rufigi Rivers in the 



-•^ Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., vol. 43, 1923, p. 1G7. 

 =»Nov. Zool., vol. 29, 1922, pp. 5G-57. 



