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four birds from Lugh are quite distinct from five specimens from 

 Marsabit and the Northern Guaso Nyiro River, the former having the 

 yellow "of the \'ent of a deeper shade and more extensive. * * * 

 Five males from the N. Guasso and M^arsabit, have the yellow of the 

 vent very i^ale indeed and limited in extent. As all are constant in 

 this respect, it is more than likely that the race will have to be 

 recognized." It appears from this that van Someren suggests that 

 the birds of northern Kenya Colony may be a new, undescribed form 

 regardless of whether erlangeri be distinct from -ftavicrissalis^ since 

 he considers the Lugh specimens "typical flavicrissalis or erlangeri, 

 if that race can be upheld." I doubt that the birds of the northern 

 districts of Kenya Colony are separable from typical flaviet'issalis, 

 but material is needed to prove the point. 



The five specimens collected agree with van Someren's description 

 of his Marsabit and Northern Guaso Nyiro birds. All five are in 

 rather worn plumage. Their dimensions are given in table 37. 



The colored figure given by Erlanger ^* agrees fairly closely with 

 the present specimens. 



Erlanger ^^ found a nest with two eggs on May 8 at Sarigo in the 

 Garre-Lewin district. This is all that has been recorded about the 

 breeding season of this bird. 



TABI.E 37. — Measurements of five specimens of Eremomela griseoflava flavicris- 

 salis from Kenya Colony 



EREMOMELA GRISEOFLAVA ABDOMINALIS Reichenow 



Figure 14 



Eremomela flaviventris ahdominalis Reichenow, Die Vogel Afrilfas, vol. 3, p. 



635, 1905 : East Africa ; type in Berlin Museum, from Igonda, Tabora 



district, Tanganyika Territory. 



Specimens collected: 1 male, Lekiundu River, Kenya Colony, August 5, 1912. 



This race is the most richly colored of all the forms found in 



northeastern and east equatorial Africa. 



The single specimen obtained is in worn plumage and therefore 

 is rather duller than another example in fresher plumage. Its meas- 



2<Journ. fiir Orn., 1905, pi. 17, fig. 2. 

 a»Ibid., pp. 733-734. 



