— 122 — 



Rothschild (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. XXIII, 1913, 

 p. 55—66) has separated the larger Abessynian form under the 

 name of B. p. sharpei. 



Dioptrornis fischeri Rchw. — Rchw. II, p. 440. 



6 (5c5 ad. 17. 4., 18. 4. and 19. 9. Kiambu. - 2 ^^ ad. 20. 4., 23. 4. Lake 

 Naiwasha. — 1 (5 ad. 6. 5. Londiani. — 4 (5,5 ad. 18. 5., 24 7. Mount Elgon, 

 6.500-11.000 ft. - 2 (5(5 ad. 3. 6., 6. 7. Mount Elgon 7.000 ft. - 4 QQ ad. 

 10. 4., 11. 4. Ngong (Nairobi), 6.000 ft. - 2 QQ ad. 6. 6., 27. 6. Mount Elgon, 

 7.000 and 11.000 ft. 



This Fly-catcher was one of the commonest of the small 

 birds met with in the localities through which our expedition passed. 

 The species was found in nearly all places where there are bushes 

 or trees and its vertical distribution on Elgon goes up to 11.000 ft. 



This species exhibits no individual variations in the colours 

 of the plumage, and all the specimens procured (except one) are 

 exactly alike, both those from the vicinity of Nairobi and those 

 from the summits of Elgon. A young male — from 11.000 ft., 

 Elgon — differs from all the others in having 4 of the tail-feathers 

 tipped with white, but this is probably only a reminiscence of 

 the juvenile feathering, for in young birds the rectrices, as well 

 as the secondaries and the greater wing-coverts, are tipped with 

 white (R e i c h e n w op, cit. p. 440), 



The lengthe of the wing and the tarsus vary very con- 

 siderably in individuals from the same localities. 

 Wing, tarsus, 



cfcT 87—95 mm. 21—25 mm. 



99 82-94 mm. 22—23 mm. 



In old birds the iris is dark-brown; bill bluish-grey with a 

 dark tip; legs are dark lead-coloured. In juveniles the irides 

 are of the same colour, but the bill is a uniform lead-grey, 

 upper mandible horn-brown; legs lead-coloured. 



Melaeornis luguhris vgandae v, Somer, — Bull. Brit. Orn. 

 Club, vol. XLI, 1921, p. 104. 



1 (5 ad. 24. 7. Mount Elgon, 6,800 ft. 



One specimen of this race was shot on the outskirts of the 

 forest. 

 Wing, 103 mm., tarsus, 25 mm., bill, 15 mm, tail, 102 mm. 



Irides dark-brown, bill and legs black. 



The Elgon specimen is — as appears from the above figures — 

 rather large but whether this size is constant or not I am not 

 in a position to decide, as I procured only one specimen from 

 these regions. [For further remarks see the addition at the and 

 of this paper]. 



