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BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



This lark is found in eastern Africa from northern Tanganyika 

 Territory through Kenya Colony to eastern Uganda, southern Shoa, 

 southern Gallaland, and Italian Somaliland. Throughout its range, 

 it divides into two races, the typical one being the more northern 

 of the two. 



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FiGDRB 4. — Distribution of Mirafra poecilostema. 



1. M. p. massaiea. 



2. M. p. poecilostema. 



1. M. p. poecilostema: Southern Shoa, Gallaland, and Italian 

 Somaliland south in the arid districts of northern Kenya Colony to 

 the Tana River. 



2. M. p. massaiea: From the Pangani River and the Kilimanjaro 

 region of Tanganyika Territory north through the Ukamba and 

 Kikuyu regions of Kenya Colony, north to the west of the Rift 



