BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 455 



the single female he collected. Lynes ** found that the closely allied 

 race schuhotzi was nesting in April in Darfur. 



POGONIULUS BILINEATUS ALIUS Friedmann 



Pixjonlulits bilineatus alius Freiumann, Auk, vol. 47, uo. 1, Jan. 1930, p. 86: 

 I»fair(»bi, Kenya Colony. 



Sifceiniens collected: 



One male, two females, Escarpment, 7,390 feet, Kenya Colony, 

 September 7-10, 1912. 



The golden-riimped tinker bird is found throughout eastern Africa 

 from Mt. Elgon, Kakamegoes, Molo, the Ukamba and Kikuyu re- 

 gions of Kenya Colony, south through Tanganyika Territory, Mo- 

 zambique, N3^asaland, and eastern Rhodesia to the eastern Trans- 

 vaal, Zululand, and Natal. Throughout this territory, however, the 

 species is present only in a relatively small per cent of the total area, 

 being very local, and absent in wider areas than it is present in. 

 For example, in Tanganyika Territory one race {fisclieri) inhabits 

 only the narrow coastal strip, another {conciliator) is found only in 

 the Uluguru Mountains, and none of these barbets have been found 

 anywhere else in all the vast extent of that country. 



Sclater,^^ following and bringing up to date Neumann's revision 

 of the systematics of this barbet *" recognizes five races. Since then, 

 two additional ones have been described {conciliator and alius), 

 making seven in all. The races are as follows : 



1. P. b. hiJineatuH. — Southeastern Africa from Natal, Zululand, 

 and the eastern Transvaal, north through eastern Rhodesia to Nyasa- 

 land and southwestern Tanganyika Territory (east shore of Lake 

 Nyasa east to Songea). This is a large race with wings of 56-58 

 millimeters in length; with a deep golden yellow rump, and white 

 superciliaries, malar stripe, chin, and throat. 



2. P. h. uiniiif/ensis. — The country around Kasanga and Urungu, at 

 the south end of Lake Tanganyika. This form will probably be 

 found to occur farther south and southeast in the Livingstone Moun- 

 tains. Slightly smaller than hilineatus (wing ;V5-56 millimeters), 

 the rump lemon yellow instead of deep golden yellow (none seen by 

 the present reviewer). 



3. P. I), handti. — The Lake Kivu district. This race was de- 

 scribed from a single specimen, which, as far as I know, is still 

 unique. This race is said to be nearest to iwungensis but has the 

 rump slightly lighter in color. Sclater says that this form is only 

 doubtfully distinct from the typical one. If this be found to be 

 true, then we sliould ex})ect either to find hilineatus occurring in 



" Ibis, 1025, pp. 349-350. 



*3 Syst. Avium Bthiop., 1924, p. 283. 



"Journ. f. Ornith., 1907, pp. 345-346. 



