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The exact time of the breeding season in southern Ethiopia does 

 not seem to be known, but in Uganda van Someren ^^ found a nest in 

 February and caught a nestling in March. 



Mearns observed this oriole as follows : Gato River near Gardula, 

 March 29-May 17, 200; Anole village, May 18, 2 birds; Kormali 

 village, May 19, 4 seen; Bodessa, May 19-June 3, 20; Sagon River, 

 June 3-6, 10 seen ; Tertale, June 7-12, 4 birds ; El Ade, June 12-13, 2 

 noted; Mar Mora, June 14^15, 6 seen; Turturo, June 15-17, 10 birds; 

 Wobok, June 18, 4 seen; Saru, June 19, 2 noted; Yebo, June 20, 2 

 birds noted. 



ORIOLUS MONACHA KIKUYUENSIS van Someren 



Figure 6 



Oriolus larvatus Jx-ikuyucnsis van Someren, Nov. Zool., vol. 29, p. 127, 1922: 

 Nairobi, Kenya Colony. 



Specimens collected: 



1 male, Tharaka district, Kenya Colony, August 13, 1912. 



1 female, junction of Tana and Thika Rivers, Kenya Colony, August 25, 1912. 



1 male, Athi River near Juja Farm, Kenya Colony, August 30, 1912. 



As shown by Stoneham*'^ the diagnosis of kikuyuensis given by van 

 Someren was based merely on wing measurements, but this character 

 is not so constant as the darker dorsal coloration, particularly of the 

 head and upper back, of kikuyuensis as contrasted with the paler, 

 more yellowish green roUeti and reichenowi. 



kSclater ®^ does not include the north shore of Lake Victoria in the 

 range of this form, but several authors have considered birds from 

 Kampala, Entebbe, Jinja, etc., as kikuyuensis, and a specimen from 

 Kigomma (near Kampala) examined by me is referable to the pres- 

 ent race. 



The Tana River specimen is well advanced in molt ; the other two 

 birds are in good, fresli plumage. 



Family CORVIDAE, Crows 



CORVUS ALBUS P. L. S. Miiller 



Plate 2 

 Corvus albus P. L. S. MtJiXER, Natursystem, Suppl., p. 85, 1776: Senegal. 

 Specimens collected: 



3 unsexed adults, above Gada Bourca, Etbiopia, December 26, 1911. 

 7 adult males, 1 adult female, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, January 8-12, 1912. 

 1 immature male, Alaltu, Ethiopia, January 17, 1912. 



1 (immature?) male, 1 (immature?) female, Arussi Plateau, Ethiopia, 

 February 15, 1912. 



The black and white crow is widely distributed over the whole of 

 Ihe Ethiopian region, including Madagascar and its surrounding 



«Ibis, 191G, pp. 398-399. 



«2 Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 45, pp. 78-79, 1925. 



"3 Sy.stema avium ^thiopicarum, pt. 2, p. 648, 1930. 



