BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 291 



P. tsohagra ever attains, and the bill is too short for tschagra and 

 exactly matches specimens of senegalus^ in spite of van Someren's 

 statement to the contrary. The description that the crown is black- 

 brown with an olive wash exactly fits subadult seriegalus, but by no 

 stretch of the imagination could tschagra be said to have anything 

 darker than an olive-brown crown, and not very dark brown at that. 

 The underparts as shown in Levaillant's plate are too pale for 

 tschagra and match the flank color of senegalus very well. The white 

 superciliaries are probably individual in character, as I have seen 

 series of birds of single races with superciliaries ranging from white 

 to deep buff. It follows then, that Neumann was correct in his appli- 

 cation of Shaw's name, and that armenus Oberholser and confusus 

 van Someren are S3aionyms of erythrofteims. 



The present race is perhaps the most variable of all the forms of 

 P. senegalus^ a fact that is in keeping with its relatively much greater 

 geographic range. Its ecological range is also more varied than that 

 of any of its geographical representatives, comprising many types 

 of country and having an altitudinal range of from 2,500 to 8,500 

 feet. 



The series collected by the Frick expedition are in fairly fresh 

 plumage. In western Uganda it breeds in May and June ; in north- 

 eastern Tanganyika Territory nests have been found in January and 

 February. 



Mearns recorded this bird in his field notebooks as follows : Tharaka 

 district, August 12-14, 18 seen; Tana River (camps 1-6), August 

 15-23, 86 birds noted ; Tana River at mouth of Thika River, August 

 23-26, 20 observed; on the Thika River, August 27-28, 50; between 

 the Thika and Athi Rivers, August 29, 100 seen; Athi River near 

 Juja Farm, August 30-31, 40 birds; Athi River Station, Uganda 

 Railway, September 1, 4 seen. 



POMATORHYNCHUS SENEGALUS ERLANGERI (Neumann) 

 FiGUBE 17 



Telophonus senegalus erlangeri Ne:umann, Journ. fiir Orn., 1907, p. 373 : East 



shore of Lake Abaya, south Ethiopia. 

 Specimens collected : 



1 unsexed, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, September 27, 1911 (A. Ouellard coll.)- 



3 males, 1 female, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 5-21, 1911. 



1 male, Gada Bourca, Ethiopia, December 24, 1911. 



1 male, Duletcha, Ethiopia, January 24, 1912. 



1 female. Iron Bridge, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 5, 1912. 



1 unsexed, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 12, 1912. 



1 female. Lake Abaya, southeast Ethiopia, March 21, 1912. 



7 adult males, 1 immature male, 5 adult females, Gato River near Gardula, 

 Ethiopia, March 27-May 13, 1912. 



