BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 195 



This bird is very common in the forests of the Abyssinian high- 

 lands. According to Erlanger,*- the breeding season is probably in 

 February, March, April, and May. He did not succeed in actually 

 linding a nest but collected a displaying male on May 5 at Debaasso, 

 between Harrar and Adis Abeba. On dissection it was found to have 

 much swollen testes. 



The observational records of this warbler in Mearns's diary indi- 

 cate that it is more abundant in southern Shoa than in the Hawash 

 district or around Adis Abeba. Thus, Mearns merely records it as 

 "seen between Dire Daoua and Gada Bourca," w^hile in Sidamo and 

 southwards a large number of entries testify to its abundance — 

 Aletta, March 7-13, 10 seen; Loco, March 13-15, 4 birds, Gidabo 

 Kiver, March 15-17, 4 seen ; White Lake Abaya, March 24-26, 4 ; be- 

 tween the Abaya Lakes and Gardula, March 26-29, 4 noted; Gato 

 River near Gardula, March 29-May 17, 500; Anole village, May 18, 

 20; Sagon Eiver, May 19, 20 birds; Bodessa, May 19-June 3, 25; 

 Sagon River, June 3-6, 90; Tertale, June 7-12, 14 seen; El Ade, 

 June 12-13, 10 birds; Mar Mora, June 14, 20 noted; Turturo, June 

 15-17, 50; Anole, June 17, 4 birds; Wobok, June 18, 10 seen; Saru, 

 June 19, 20 birds; Yebo, June 20, 4; Karsa Barecha, June 21, 4 

 noted. 



CAMAROPTERA BREVICAUDATA GRISEIGULA Sharpe 



Figure 15 



Camaroptera griseigula Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 158 : Voi River, Teita district, 



Kenya Colony. 

 Specimens coixected: 



1 male (immature?) Meru forest, Equator, Kenya Colony, August 10, 1912. 



2 males. Tana River at mouth of Thika River, Kenya Colony, August 24, 

 1912. 



1 male, Athi River near Juja Farm, Kenya Colony, August 31, 1912. 



2 males, Athi Station, Uganda Railway, Kenya Colony, September 1, 1912. 



The characters and range of this race have already been discussed. 

 It only remains to be said that all the above-listed specimens are 

 somewhat intermediate between gnselgula and ahessinica but on the 

 whole are nearer to the former, with which race they are here iden- 

 tified. Inasmuch as this race occurs in a region with few, small, and 

 scattered wooded spots, its range is decidedly discontinuous. Of 

 all the subspecies, the present one is the least well marked. 



Besides the specimens collected, Mearns observed this bird as fol- 

 lows: Endoto Mountains, July 19-24, 3 seen; Meru Forest, August 

 10, 50; 20 miles east of Meru, August 11, 50 noted; Tharaka dis- 

 trict, August 12-14, 20 birds; Tana River, August 17-23, 6 seen; 

 junction of Tana and Thika Rivers, August 23-26, 20 birds noted; 



*2 Journ. fUr Orn., 1905, pp. 730-731, 



