- 93 — 



Campothera taeniolema (Rchw. & Neum.). — Rchw. p. 172. 



1 Q ad. 11. 4. Ngong. - 1 2 ad. 21. .5.-, 1 ^ ad. 2. 4.; 1 ^ ad. 13. 6.; 

 Mount Elgon 7000 ft. 



This species was not rare on the eastern slopes of Mount 

 Elgon. 



All the specimens are in full dress and those from Elgon 

 agree with the description found on p. 172 R e i c h e n o w. 



If C t. hausburgi Sharpe is a good species (which seems 

 very doubtful to me) and not an immature form I could al- 

 most place my specimen from Ngong under it, as the banding on 

 the flanks and underparts are distinctly narrower and paler than 

 in those from Elgon, but the measurements given for that sub- 

 species do not agree with mine. The wing is said to be 110 mm. 

 (my specimen is 105 mm.), bill 21 (my spec, the same), tarsus 

 15 mm. (mine 14 mm.). 



In all four the irides were red, bill dark brownish-black 

 legs greyish green. 



Campothera cailliautii cailliautii (Malh.). — Rchw. II. p. 172. 



Dendromus malherhi (Cass.) J. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. 459. — Chrysopicos 

 malherbei Cass. — Proc. Acad. Philad. vol. XV, 1863, p. 198. — Chry- 

 sopicos caillauti Malh. — Rev. etMag. Zool. 1849, p. 540. — Gampethera 

 cailliauti cailliauti (Malh.). Ibis 1915, p. 454. 



2 (5(5 ad. 27. 4. ; 5 gg ad. 26. 4., 27. 4., 29. 4. ; Mombasa. 



Very common in the palm groves in the Mombasa coastal 

 regions. There is no difference between the five 9 specimens 

 except that in two of them the round, dark spots on the under sur- 

 face of the body are in general much larger than in the other 3. 

 In the latter the largest measure about 2—2.5 mm., while in the 

 former they attain 4 mm. and upwards. 



The yellowish white back-patches vary also in size in 

 different individuals. 



For the males the measurements are the following: 



wing 96—98 mm. 



tarsus 17 — 18 mm. 



. • culmen 18 mm. 



tail 60—68 mm. 



while those for the females are: 



wing 92, 93, 95, 95 mm. 

 tarsus 17 mm. 



culmen 18 mm. 



tail 68—70 mm. 



