— 88 - 



the young one is uot blackish brown on the lower back, like the 

 adult, but predominantly white with a few brownish feathers here 

 and there. 



Undoubtedly the plate given by Lonnberg in his work 

 (Birds coll. by the Swed. Zool. Exp., to B. E. A., 1911) is a 

 picture of a young bird changing to the full dress, because in 

 my example the white band on the shoulder extends right across 

 and blends, without any noticeable termination, into the lower 

 white part of the back. As the bird gets older this band gra- 

 dually disappears, and in the full grown — in full dress — 

 there is no trace of this band at all. 



Irides brown; bill and logs black. 



Lyhius torquatus irroratus (Cab.). — Rchw. II. p. 26, 

 2 S6 ad. 27. 4., 29. 4. Mombasa. 



Occurred in the thinly wooded coastal regions at Mombasa. 

 Id the evenings it sat perched on the outermost tips of the 

 branches of the small trees, making the wood resound with its 

 shrill cries. 



Perhaps the greyish green colour of the legs is a juvenile 

 character. Both individuals had not yet completely assumed the 

 uniform red colour, on the crown and throat of the full-grown 

 bird; it being less completedly marked, and in one of thee spe- 

 cimens this red patch extends down into the middle of the black 

 setting of the fore-neck. 



Wing, tarsus, culmen, tail, 



83 mm. 22 mm. 24 mm. 55 mm. 

 77 mm. 22 mm. 23 mm. 49 mm. 



Irides brownish red, bill black, legs dark greyish green (not 

 black as Keichenow II. p. 127 states). 



TricJiolaema diademata massaica (Rchw.). — Rchw. II. p. 136. 

 1 (5 ad. 22. 4.; 1 Q ad. 22. 4. Lake Naiwaslia. 



In the dense, almost impenetrable, brush-wood, which here 

 and there borders the shores of Lake Naiwasha a pair of these 

 birds was found together. From branch to branch they kept 

 together and in the rich verdure found here it was difficult to 

 follow them. They were lively and swift, and continually in 

 motion. 



Both specimens are in full dress and both sexes are 



Irides dark-brown; bill black; legs greyish black. 



