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June 17, 2 birds seen; Wobok, June 18, 2; 10 to 25 miles southeast 

 of Lake Rudolf, July 12, 30 seen ; Nyero Mountains, south of Lake 

 Rudolf, July 13, 4 birds; Indunumara Mountains, July 14-18, sev- 

 eral; Endoto Mountains, July 19-24, 30 birds; Er-re-re, July 25, 

 10 seen ; 24 miles south of Malele, July 29, 2 noted ; 25 miles north 

 of Northern Guaso Nyiro River, July 30, 10 seen; Northern Guaso 

 Nyiro River, July 31, 10; Tharaka district, August 13, 10 birds; 

 Tana River, August 15-18, 35 birds seen. 



Nothing seems to be known of the breeding habits or season. 



URAEGINTHUS BENGALUS SCHOANUS Neumann 



Uraegmthus bengalus schoanus Neumann, Journ. fiir Orn., 1905, p. 350: Ejere, 



Shoa. 

 Specimens collectted : 



1 adult male, Ourso, Ethiopia, July 19, 1911 (Ouellard coll.). 



1 adult male. Iron Bridge, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 5, 1912. 



1 adult male, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 13, 1912. 



1 adult male, Serre, Ethiopia, February 13, 1912. 



1 adult female, no locality, Ethiopia, March 4, 1912. 



1 adult female, Gidabo River, Ethiopia, March 17, 1912. 



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



18 adult males, 7 adult females, Gato River near Gardula, Ethiopia, March 

 31-May 14, 1912. 



1 immature male, Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 29, 1912. 



1 adult female, Sagon River, Ethiopia, June 3, 1912. 



1 adult male. Mar Mora, Ethiopia, June 14, 1912. 



1 adult female, Yebo, Ethopia, June 21, 1912. 



1 adult male, 2 adult females, east of Lake Stefanie, Kenya Colony, May 

 30, 1912. 



1 immature male, 1 adult female, Endoto Mountains, Kenya Colony, July 

 23, 1912. 



1 immature female, 24 miles south of Malele, Kenya Colony, July 29, 1912. 



Soft parts : Female — iris light yellowish brown ; bill reddish brown, 

 pale at base, black at tip ; feet brownish flesh-color, claws brown. 



In the present study I have examined about 100 skins of the red- 

 cheeked cordon-bleu and find that the conclusions reached by Lynes '^^ 

 and followed by Sclater ^^ are completely substantiated. Conse- 

 quently, there is no need of here repeating or discussing the facts 

 already presented by Lynes. 



The Abyssinian race occurs in the southern part of the Ethiopian 

 highlands up to 8,000 feet and in the adjacent, southwestern part of 

 the Somali arid district in Gallaland. The nominate race occurs to 

 the west (in the Sudan) and to the north (Eritrea) of it; the form 

 hrunneigidaris replaces it to the south in the high country of the 

 interior of Kenya Colony, while the pale race ugogoensis inhabits the 



"Ibis, 1926, pp. 370-373. 



" Systema avium JSthlopicarum, pt. 2, pp. 804-805, 1930. 



