- no — 



The fourth secondary of the wings is of the same appear- 

 ance as Grant (Ibis 1915, p. 279) has pictured it in U. sene- 

 galensis (fig. on the right hand), that is, a little more than the 

 upper half white, the lower half with one upper narrow and 

 one lower wide, black band, and the tip black. 



Reichenow gives the length of the bill as 48 — 54 mm. 

 This individual's bill is abnormally long, reaching to 69 mm, — 

 Tarsus 18 mm, wing 132 mm. 



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



I have seen the bird many times in the gardens and in the 

 fields both in and around at Mombasa. 



Jrrisor erpthrorhynchus marwitzi Rchw. — Orn. Monatsber. 

 1900, p. 171. 



Ngeka . . . ki-kamba. 

 1 (5 ad. 26. 4. Mombasa. — 1 (5 ad. 18. 5.; 1 (J juv. 15. 5. Mount Elgon. 



Although these three individuals exhibit small differences, 

 which are characters now of one, now of an other form of 1. 

 eryihrorhynchus (Lath.), all of them, however, show unmistakable 

 indications that they should be placed under 1. e. manvitzi. 



In no place was the race met with commonly. It frequen- 

 ted the brushwood or the outskirts of the forests, where low 

 trees grew. It is rather shy and is more difficult to get within 

 range than the allied races. 



All three have a deep purple gloss on the central tail- 

 feathers, and even the last secondaries have this gloss. In the 

 two mature specimens the white spots on the wings and tail 

 are considerably different in size, but this is probably connected 

 with the fact that one of them is in moult. The other has but 

 lately assumed the full dress. In 1. e. erythrorhynchus, which 

 is in fact a South African race, these spots are small, in all 

 the other forms they are large (no writer has fixed the limit 

 as to what should be considered small and what large spots). 

 In one respect my three specimens approach the above-named, 

 that is, in having the inside of the wings washed with green. 

 Wing, tarsus, culmeu, tail, 



140 mm. 25 mm. 53 mm. 210 mm. cT Mombasa. 

 146 mm. 28 mm. 57 mm. 230 mm. (S Elgon. 

 148 mm. 24 mm. 47 mm. 226 mm. cT juv. Elgon. 



As regards colour the young bird is as Reichenow (op. 

 cit.) has described it. 



In one of the Elgon specimens the measurements for the 

 tarsus and bill are unusually high, but it agrees perfectly in 

 other respects with the Mombasa specimen. 



