BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 



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If it is assumed that somaliensis is a valid form, there are three 

 races of this bird in northeastern Africa, as follows : 



1 P &. «r.m..: Egypt to Khartoum, Roseires, and Lake No west 



to Kordof an and Darfur. Lynes " mentions specmiens of this form 



O wo 2 00 3 00 1-00 •S'O O Mites 



. SCALE • 

 FiGUKE 11 -Distribution of Fycnonotm h<XT\^atu^ in northeastern Africa. 

 ,. P. .. ar.inoe. 2- P- ^. -''— '■ ^- ^- -"-"-^'^• 



from the Eed Sea Province of the Sudan, which would extend its 

 range as stated above, eastward to the Red Sea. _ 



2 P I sclwanus: The inland plateau of Ethiopia from Eii rea 

 and Boo-osland to southern Shoa. This race is_ darker '^^bove than 

 ,zmn..;but in worn plumage it becomes very similar to ^^-^}^^^^ 

 when the difference is most pronounced on the rectrices and lemiges. 



'3 Ibis, 1925, p. 120. 



