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coastal birds with topotypical pallidus. Van Sonieren," however, writes that 

 birds from Mombasa, Changamwe, and Mazeros are "distinctly different from 

 birds collected farther inland in the Taru district {B. griseus taruensis) and 

 also from B. pallidus of Abyssinia or Nile districts. The series is constant and 

 not damaged by wear." For the coastal birds he uses Sharpe's name subalaris. 

 Although at first glance this seems contradictory to Rothschild's observations, 

 in reality it is not, as Abyssinian birds (from central and northern Ethiopia) 

 are not paUidvs but })otrdleri, and the birds of the extreme southern part of 

 the Upper White Nile basin are granti. It seems that van Someren must 

 have compared his birds, not with topotypical pallidus, but with bowdleri and 

 granti. Therefore, I am not certain of the validity of subalaris, but in the 

 absence of typical pallidus 1 prefer to adhere to Sclater's arrangement. 



(e) B. p. suahelicus : The interior of Kenya Colony east to the Taru Desert, 

 northern Tanganyika Territory, Uganda, and the eastern Ituri district, Bel- 

 gian Congo, Urundi, and Ruanda. 



(f) B. p. murvrius: South Africa north to Angola, Rhodesia, Katanga, Nyasa- 

 land, Mozambique, and southern Tanganyika Territory. 



3. Bradomis haflra/wari: Jubaland. A distinct species, possibly 

 related to B. infuscatus. One seen by me. 



The following names are disposed of as indicated in each case : 



Bradomis griseU'S neurrumni Hilgert '^ is a synonym of B. pallidus 

 granti. 



Bradomis grisea Reichenow ^ is a synonym of B. pallidus murinus. 



Bradomis parvus Reichenow '^ is a synonym of B, microrhynchvs 

 erlangen. 



B^radomis pallidus sharpei Rothschild ^^ is a synonym of B. palli- 

 dus hoicdleri. Collin and Hartert^^ have shown sharpei Rothschild 

 to be preoccupied by sharpei Bocage. 



Brady omis muscicapina Hartlaub ^- is not a Bradomis at all, but 

 is a synonym of Muscicapa striata Pallas.^^ 



Because of the average, rather than absolute, value of the sub- 

 specific characters and the slight color differences that appear to be 

 of specific value in this group, it is difficult to write a key that will 

 identify every specimen. The following key, however, has been 

 carefully made and has been tested and found suitable with the 

 series in the United States National Museum and some of the birds 

 in the collection in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and in the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia : 



• Nov. Zool., vol. 29, p. 95, 1922. 



^ Katalog der Collection von Erlanger in Niedor-Ingelheim, p. 250, 1908 : Are-Dare, 

 Ganale. 



* Journ. fiir Orn., 1882, p. 211 : Irangi, Tanganyika Territory. 



" Orn. Monatsb., vol. 15, p. 171, 1907 : Asholi, northern Uganda. 



" Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 33, p. 65, 1913. 



"Nov. Zool., vol. 34, p. 52, 1927. 



" Abb. naturw. Vereine Bremen, 1891, p. 9. 



« See Rothschild. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 33, p. 65, 1913. 



