— 96 — 



Irides in all dark-brown,' Legs coral-red. In the males 

 the lenght of the wing varies between 91 and 98 mm,, in the 

 females 90 and 94 mm. The tarsus is 20—24 mm, 



Colius striatus ugandensis van Som. — Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 

 No, CCXLV, 1919, p, 26, 



In the same manner as one of the three Colius striatus 

 forms by V a n S o m e r e n is excluded because, in my opinion, 

 it is not a good form 1 unite the two descriptions he has given 

 there and let these stand for the above mentioned. 



In these individuals the irides are sometimes brown, some- 

 times yellow and all those I procured in the end of June and 

 the beginning of July had yellow irides. 



Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



cTcf 99 



95—98 mm, 96— 9» mm. 21—25 mm. 

 99—100 „ 102 „ 23—24 „ 



98—105 „ 98—102 „ 23-24 „ 

 98—104 „ 97—99 „ 22-24 „ 



On Elgon this bird goes as high up as 7,500 ft. 



Trogonidae. 



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Apdloderma narina narina (Steph.). — Rchw. II. p. 212. 



2 f5^ ad. 17, 4., 28. 4.; \ $ juv. 17. 4.; 1 Q juv. 14. 4.; 1 Q ad. 17. 4. 

 Kiambu. — 1 2 ad. 3. 6. Elgon. 



At Kiambu, near Nairobi, this bird was rather common in 

 the dense forests. Only one of the three males shot there is in 

 full dress. The other two still have some of the red feathers 

 of the belly tipped with grey. 



The three males from Kiambu are all in different dresses 

 and show a very beautiful transition to the full dress. In the 

 youngest the lesser wing-coverts are blackish with a pale green 

 gloss, bordered with a bronze green seam, the median wing- 

 coverts are of the same colour but have in the posterior half 

 small, indistinct brown dots, the greater wing- coverts are dark 

 vyrithout any green seam but have numerous small, fine brownish 

 grey or brown spots. In the next stage the lesser wing-coverts 

 are as in the preceding but on the median the green edge has 

 disappeared, the spots being larger and arranged in indistinct 

 undulating lines, the spots on the greater wing-coverts whitish, 

 larger and also in undulating lines. In the adult bird the spots 

 on the median and greater wing-coverts are white, forming dis- 

 tinct undulating lines, the lesser wing-coverts as in the preceding. 



In one of the young birds (cT) some of the undertail-coverts 

 are white, the others red. 



