458 BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Zedlitz ^* notes that a bird from Ugogo, collected by Emin, is 

 somewhat lighter than typical ianthinogaster, and also suggests that 

 an undescribed race may be found to inhabit central Tanganyika 

 Territory. 



The present race occurs in Kenya Colony north to the Tana River 

 and west to the Sotik area and the Rift Valley, south to the Dodoma 

 region of Tanganyika Territory. In southwestern Kenya Colony 

 the grayer-backed race roosevelti replaces it. In northeastern 

 Uganda, Shoa, and the Hawash region of Ethiopia the race ugandae 

 occurs. This form differs in the males in having the head less bright 

 rufous, the mantle hair brown, and the blue on the breast more 

 limited in extent, and that on the abdomen, paler than in ianthino- 

 gaster. According to van Someren,^^ ugandae differs in the female 

 plumage "from all known forms in being paler rufous on the head 

 and breast, in having a very restricted white or pale lilac eye-ring, 

 and in having the abdomen whitish." I can not agree with all of 

 this; females from Ethiopia {ugandae) are often darker, not paler, 

 on the head and breast, than examples from the Tana River, but 

 are also sometimes paler as in van Someren's notes. The only char- 

 acter that appears to be constant is the color of the middle of the 

 abdomen, which is purer white in ugandae^ slightly washed with 

 pale tawny-buff in ianthinog aster. 



Recently, van Someren *^ has defended the validity of montana and 

 rothschildi and clearly stated their ranges. 



The birds inhabiting Somaliland and Gallaland, haiokeri Phillips, 

 are characterized by their bright heads and upper backs and breasts. 



The present specimens show considerable variation in state of 

 plumage, some being fairly freshly feathered, others definitely worn 

 in appearance; one male (August 17) shows signs of molt in the 

 tail. The size variations are as follows: Males — wing, 52-54 (aver- 

 age, 52.4) ; tail, 58-65 (62) ; culmen, 10.7-11.2 (10.9) ; tarsus, 15.2-16.5 



(15.9 mm). Females — wing, 51, 51; tail, 57, ; culmen, 10.8, 11; 



tarsus, 15.3, 15.5 mm. 



If one were to judge the abundance of this bird by the recorded 

 knowledge of its habits, one would be led to assume it to be a very 

 scarce form. That this is not so is revealed by the following entries 

 in Mearns's field books : Tharaka district, August 12-14, 8 birds; Tana 

 River, August 15-20, 460 seen. 



GRANATINA lANTHINOGASTER UGANDAE van Someren 



Granatina ianthogaster ugandae van Someren, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 40, 

 p. 53, 1919: Moroto, northern Uganda. 



81 Journ. fiir Orn., 1916, pp. 39-40. 



« Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 40. p. 53, 1919. 



86 Not. Zool., vol. 37, p. 328, 1932. 



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