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South Africa to decide on the status of Koberts's two races, 

 macrorhynchus and hnysnae?^ 



In eastern Africa I recognize the following races : 



1. E. c. xanthomelas: Southern Eritrea and most of Ethiopia except 

 the southeastern part, possibly to Uganda and the southern Sudan. 



too i.eo 300 4-00 Soo Mites 



' SCALE • 

 FiGDRE 27. — Distribution of Eiiplectes capensis in northeastern Africa. 



1. E. c. wanthomelas. S. E. c. zambesiensis. 



2. E. c. kilimensis. i. E. o. crassiroatris. 



2. E. c. kilimensis: The Kilimanjaro area of Tanganyika Territory, 

 and Kenya Colony, from the Taveta-Teita area through Ukamba and 

 the Sotik areas to Kikuyu west to Escarpment and Lake Naivasha, 

 north to Fort Hall. In his original description of this form, Neunzig 



" Ann. Transvaal Mus., vol. 6, p. 117, 1919 ; and vol. 8, p. 266, 1922, respectively. 



