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ANTHREPTES COLLARIS UGANDAE van Someren 



Anthreptes collaris ugandae van Someren, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 41, p. 113, 



1921: Maraquet. 

 Specimens collected : 1 female, Meru Forest, Kenya Colony, August 10, 1912. 



Sclater ^^ considers garguensis Mearns as probably the same as 

 ugamdae, but uses the latter name although the former has priority. 

 However, with admittedly limited material of ugandae^ and with the 

 type ,and three other specimens of garguensis^ available for study, I 

 find it possible to recognize both forms. The differences are not 

 great, but garguensis has the abdomen somewhat deeper yellow and 

 ugandae has the sides and flanks a little more greenish. 



Similarly I find that teitensis is valid, and not identical with 

 elachior. 



Bannerman's arguments ®^ for the specific distinctness of the col- 

 laris and hypodila groups seem well founded, but I have no pertinent 

 immature specimens and so follow Sclater, as in all cases where I 

 can not decide for myself. 



Van Someren ^ has outlined the characters and ranges of the east- 

 ern forms of this sunbird in a manner wholly in keeping with the 

 material seen by me. 



A. c. juhaensis van Someren ^ I have not seen. It is said to be 

 nearest to elachior but clearer yellow below. 



The single specimen collected is in fairly fresh plumage. 



Bowen ^ collected a male at Meru on August 6 and found it to 

 have slightly enlarged gonads. He noted the species as not common 

 in the Meru area. 



ANTHREPTES ORIENTALIS ORIENTALIS Hartlaub 



Anthreptes orientalis Hartlatjb, Journ. fiir Orn., 1880, p. 213 : Lado, Upper Nile. 

 Specimens collecte3>: 



1 adult male, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, July 7, 1910 (Ouellard coll.). 



1 adult male, Ourso, Ethiopia, October 7, 1911 (Ouellard coll.). 



1 adult male, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 21, 1911 (von Zulow coll.)- 



1 adult male, near Gardula, Ethiopia, March 27, 1912. 



2 adult males, 2 adult females, Gato River near Gardula, Ethiopia, April 

 2-May 14, 1912. 



1 adult female, Sagon River, Ethiopia, May 19, 1912. 

 1 adult male, Lalie Stefanie, Kenya Colony, no date. 

 1 immature male, Malata, Ethiopia, June 22, 1912. 

 1 immature male, Anole, Ethiopia, June 17, 1912. 



1 adult male, Hor, Kenya Colony, June 28, 1912. 



2 adult females, 25 miles southeast Lake Rudolf, Kenya Colony, July 12, 

 1912. 



»* Systema avium ^thiopicarum, pt. 2, p. 708, 1930. 



"» Rev. Zool. Africaine, vol. 9, pp. 343-347, 1922. 

 *Nov. Zool., vol. 29, pp. 202-203, 1922. 



» Journ. East Africa and Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc, no. 37, p. 195, 1931 : HaJlescheid, Juba 

 iver. 

 s Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 83, p. 71, 1931. 



