BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 203 



1. C. g. lugubris: Ethiopia, from Tigre, Amhara, and Simien 

 Provinces in the north to Arussiland and Shoa in the south, 



2. C. g. ny ansae: The interior of Kenya Colony, Uganda, and the 

 northeastern Belgian Congo; east as far as the Athi River. 

 (Sclater °^ gives Naivasha as the eastern limit, but this is erroneous.) 



3. G. g. haematocephala: Coastal South Somaliland and Kenya 

 Colony to the northeastern part of Tanganyika Territory. 



These three are readily identified by the following characters : The 

 plumage is seasonal only in lugubris; lugubris and nyaixsae are large 

 (wings — males, 60-66 mm), while haematocephala is small (wings 

 — males, 55-59 mm) ; the last-named race is devoid of bright con- 

 trasting colors so characteristic of the first two. The tail mirrors are 

 large in the summer plumage of lugubris and are absent in nyansae. 



The four specimens of lugubris obtained by the expedition are 

 all in winter plumage ; a male taken on February 28 is beginning to 

 show signs of molt; the others are not. It may well be that the 

 bird taken at Adis Abeba and one of those from Arussi Plateau may 

 be females, as they are rather small, with tails 57 mm in length ; the 

 other two Arussi birds have tails measuring 60 and 62 mm, respec- 

 tively. 



According to Lynes,^^ this bird is resident and common through- 

 out its range and breeds from June to the end of October in northern 

 Ethiopia and from about May to September in Shoa and southern 

 Ethiopia generally. The altitudinal range of the species appears to 

 be from 6,500 to 11,200 feet. 



CISTICOLA GALACTGTES NYANSAE Neumann 



CisHcola Ingubris nyansae Neumann, Orn. Monatsb., vol. 13, p. 78, 1905: Sesse 



Island, Lake Victoria. 

 Specimens collected: 1 male, 1 female, Athi Station, Uganda Railway, Kenya 



Colony, September 1, 1912. 



The range and characters of this form have been given under the 

 preceding race. 



Both these specimens are in new, freshly molted plumage. 



The female appears to be subadult, as it has the underparts notice- 

 ably suffused with yellowish. It is also smaller than the male, and 

 a little duller colored above. 



This bird prefers wet or damp places but occasionally occurs in 

 dry areas removed from any water. The breeding season coincides 

 generally with the rainy periods, and the majority of adults molt 

 during August, September, and October. 



'' Systema avium ^thiopicarum, pt. 2, p. 559, 1930. 

 "Ibis, 1930, Suppl., p. 387. 



