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ISatis molitor puella Rchw. — Rchw. II. p. 483. 



1 (5 ad. 25. 4. Mount Elgon, 7.000 ft. — 1 Q ad. 17. 4. Neirobi. — 1 5 ad. 

 4. 5. Londiani. — 3 QQ ad. 21. 5., 26. 5., 23. 8. Mount Elgon. 



This race is found on the slopes of Elgon both in the in- 

 terior and on the fringes of the forests. 



All 5 9 specimens are exactly alike. It may be mentioned 

 that the extent of the white on the outer tail-feathers varies a 

 little. In the male specimen the breast-baud is about 16 mm. wide. 

 All the specimens are in full dress and feathers not abraded. 

 Wing, tarsus, 



99 5G.5, 61, 61, 62, 62 ram. 17—18 mm. 

 cf ad. 62 mm. 18 mm. 



Irides have innermost a narrow, yellow ring encircled by a 

 broader one of yellow (after a few hours the colour of the iris 

 becomes greenish yellow, sometimes citron-yellow); bill black; 

 legs black. 



Balis minor nyansae Neum. — Jouru. f. Orn., 1907, p. 354. 

 1 (5 ad. 26. 6. Mount Elgon. — 1 Q ad. 14. 4. Soy. 



The 9 specimen from Soy has a narrow (about 7—8 mm. 

 wide) dark-brown band on the fore-ueck. The throat pure white. 

 The outer feathers of the tail are tipped with white. 

 Wing, 60 mm., tarsus, 18 mm. 

 Irides citron-yellow; bill and legs black. 

 The male specimen has the black breast-band about 10 mm. 

 but in other respects is like the preceding form. 

 Wing, 60 mm., tarsus, 17 mm. 



Elminia longicauda teresita Ant. — Rchw. 11. p. 496. 

 Elminia longicauda (Sw.). 



2 ^(5 ad. 6. 6., 24. 7. Mount Elgon 6.500 ft. 



In the acacia-country and bush below the slopes of Elgon 

 this race was found rather sparingly. Both specimens are in 

 full dress but have not yet acquired the beautiful blue feathering 

 which they have at pairing time. Individual feathers here and 

 there on the head and back are deep-blue and show off brightly 

 against the greyish blue surface. 



Reichenow (op. cit.) makes Elminia teresita Ant. a sy- 

 nonym of Elminia longicauda (Sw.) and v. S o m e r e n (Ibis 1916, 

 p. 383) seems to do the same thing. Ogilvie-Grant (Bull. 

 Brit. Orn. Cb. 1913, p. 135) has shown that the former, ranging 

 from the north of Victoria-Nyanza and Albert Nyanza to Oama- 

 roon and Angola "is separable from E. longicauda (Sw.) which 

 is found from Nigeria to the Gold-Coast and Sierra Leone". 

 Sclater & Mackworth-Praed (Ibis 1918, p. 712) have, 



