BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 



461 



Locality 



Ethiopia: 



Near Gardula 



Do 



Bodessa 



Do 



Tertale 



Mar Mora 



Do 



Do 



Do --- 



Kenya Colony, Endoto Mountains, 



south 



Ethiopia: 



Gato River 



Bodessa 



Tertale 



Do 



Do 



Mar Mora 



Kenya Colony, Tana River 



Tail 



84. 

 84.0 

 82. 5 

 85.0 



86. 5 

 83.0 



87. 5 

 85.0 

 87.0 



84.0 



84.0 

 84.0 

 84. 5 

 85.0 

 84. 

 86.0 



88. 5 



» Immature. 



Of this series 6 birds (May 29 to July 21) are in worn plumage, 

 8 (March 28 to August 14) are in molt, and 3 (March 28 to June 

 14) are in fresh plumage. The caudal appears to precede the alar 

 molt, and is irregular in the order in which the rectrices are dropped. 

 The wing molt is more orderly, beginning with the innermost 

 primary and outermost secondary. 



According to Erlanger ^*^ the breeding season in Shoa is in March 

 and April. This applies particularly to the race gallarum but is 

 probably true of jacksoni as well, although the data on molts pre- 

 sented above would argue for a wider range of breeding season. 



Besides the specimens collected, this barbet was observed as fol- 

 lows : West of Ithanga Hills, August 28, 10 seen ; between the Athi 

 River and Donio Sabuk, August 29, 10 seen; between Donio Sabuk 

 and the Athi River near Juja farm, August 30, 4 birds; along a 

 stream near the Athi River, August 31, 10 observed. These observa- 

 tions all refer to tj^pical erythrocephalus. 



TRACHYPHONUS MARGARITATUS SOMALICUS Zedlitz 



Trachyphonua margaritatus somalicus Zkolitz, Orn. Monatsb., 1910, p. 57: 

 AI Dubar, N. Somaliland. 



Specimens coll<icted: 



One male, Ourso, Ethiopia, September 15, 1911. 

 Six males, 10 females, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, September 9 to 

 December 8, 1911. 



One male, Chobi, Ethiopia, December 23, 1911. 



"Journ. i. Ornith., lOO.'l, pp. 460-470. 



