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zambiquc, and it is small, having a wing length of only 116 mm. 

 Another from Morogoro, Tanganyika Territory, is still smaller, with 

 a wing length of 110 mm. So far the evidence favors fugax. Van 

 Someren, however, notes a series from Mombasa, Changamwe, Taveta, 

 etc., as having wings of from 117-127 mm in the males, 117-119 mm 

 in the females, and refers these birds to fugax. I have examined 4 

 males and 10 females from Changamwe and find the wing length to 

 vary from 123.5 to 129 mm in the males, from 110.5 to 132 mm in 

 the females, while birds from as far inland as Uganda and the 

 southern Sudan are no larger. As may be seen from table 8, the 

 present series from Ethiopia also varies greatly in size, and I can 

 not agree that fugax is valid. Only adults are tabulated. 



Table 8. — Measurements of 33 adult specimens of Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus 



Locality 



Ethiopia: 



Dire Daoua 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do — 



Hawash River... 



Do 



Gato River 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Sagon River 



Wobok 



Kenya Colony: 

 Lekiundu River. 

 Tharaka district. 

 Ethiopia: 



Ourso 



Dire Daoua 



Gato River 



Dire Daoua 



Sadi Malka 



Hawash River... 



Lake Abaya 



Gato River 



Do 



Do... 



Do 



Do.... 



Do 



Do.... 



Sex 



Male... 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



....do. 

 ...-do. 

 — .do- 

 ....do.. 

 ....do-, 



.do. 

 .do. 



.do. 

 .do. 



Female, 

 .-..do.. 

 ....do.. 

 ....do.. 

 ..-do- 

 ....do.. 

 ....do., 

 .--.do- 

 ....do.. 

 ....do., 

 -...do.. 



Wing 



Mm 

 121.0 

 123.0 

 128.0 

 119.0 

 127.5 

 129.0 

 129.0 

 126.5 

 130.0 

 126.0 

 127.0 

 132.5 

 124.0 

 121.5 

 124.5 

 129.0 

 119.5 



119.0 

 121.0 



125.5 

 120.0 

 124.0 

 126.0 

 123.0 

 122.0 

 119.0 

 119.0 

 121.0 

 124.0 

 128.0 

 125.0 

 124.0 

 116.0 



Tail 



Mm 

 106.0 

 102.0 

 111.0 

 103.0 

 112.0 

 113.0 

 116.0 

 108.5 

 115.0 

 108.0 

 109.5 

 115.0 

 109.0 

 102.5 

 109.0 

 112.0 

 108.0 



109.0 

 108.0 



102.0 

 103.0 

 112.0 

 108.0 

 112.0 

 107.0 

 101.5 

 101.0 

 109.0 

 107.0 

 109.5 

 112.5 

 110.0 

 99.0 



Culmen 



Mm 

 19.0 

 19.5 

 19.0 

 20.0 

 20.0 

 19.5 

 17.0 

 20.5 

 20.0 

 20,0 

 19.0 

 20.0 

 18.5 

 20.5 

 20.5 

 21.0 

 20.0 



19.0 

 18.5 



19.0 

 19.0 

 19.5 

 20.0 

 18.5 



18.0 

 18.0 

 18.5 

 19.0 



19.5 

 20.5 

 20.0 



Tarsus 



Mm 

 18.5 

 21.0 

 19.5 

 19.5 

 18.0 

 20.0 

 19.5 

 19.0 

 19.0 

 19.0 

 18.5 

 19.0 

 20.5 

 18.0 

 18.0 

 20.0 

 19.5 



18.5 

 19.0 



17.5 

 19.0 

 18.0 

 18.0 

 20.0 

 20.5 

 18.0 

 20.0 

 19.0 

 18.5 

 19.0 

 20.0 

 19.0 

 20.0 



The present series admirably illustrates all the plumages of this 

 drongo. One young male taken on May 11 was about a week out 

 of the nest when collected. It has the remiges and rectrices only 

 a third grown and has the chin and upper throat largely bare. The 



