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eggs, or by Erlanger ^^ for eggs of pelios. The three eggs collected 

 by Mearns are plain, unmarked, lumier blue and measure 21 by 18 

 mm. According to van Someren, the eggs of centralis resemble those 



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• SCALE ■ 



FIGDBE 12. — Distribution of Turdus libonyanus in northeastern Africa. 



1. T. I. pelios. 



2. T. I. centralis. 



3. T. I. cinerascens. 

 !,. T. I. costae. 



of the European blackbird and also the missel-thrush ; that is, they 

 are speckled. Erlanger makes a similar comparison for peUos. 



The breeding season in Uganda is from April to June and from 

 October to December. 



In the Harrar district, pelios breeds in April. 



«Journ. fiir Orn., 1905, p. 742. 



