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Wing, tarsus, 



95-100 mm. 19, 20 mm. gTcJ* 



99 mm. 20 mm. 9 



Irides brown; bill and legs black. 



Reichenow (Orn. Mouatsber., 1915, p. 91) has described 

 a newform of quiscalina from Mahenge in German East-Africa, 

 which he styles munzneri^ the males of which are a darker and 

 duller, deep black-blue on the lower surface, having an oily- 

 green wash on the upper surface. 



Laniidae. 



Sigmodus ret^ii graculinus (Cab.). — Rchw. II. p. 536. 

 1 (5 ad. 18. 4.; 1 5 ad. 18. 4.; 1 9 juv. 18. 4.; Kiambu. 



Common in the Nairobi districts. Wing cT 130 mm., 

 9 ad. 129 mm., 9 Juv. 120 mm. The measurements agree with 

 those of Zediitz (J. f. 0., 1915, p. 52), 125-130 mm. and 

 also with those given by M a c k w o r t h-P r a e d (Ibis 1917, 

 p. 380); 124 and 130 mm, for 9 and 120 mm, for 9 Juv. 



Irides reddish yellow; around the eye a ring of blood-red 

 verrucose formations, which attain their greatest length supraor- 

 bitally; legs coral-red, 



TelephonKS ausiralis emini (Rchw.). — Rchw. II, p. 547. 



Harpolestes Zediitz (J. f. 0. 1915, p. 54). — Telophonus^) Neumann (J. f. 0, 

 1907, p. 366), — Telephonus Zediitz (J. f. 0. 1910, p. 7961. _ Tschagra 

 V. Someren (Check. List, 1917, p. 38). — Tamnophilus Vieill. 



2 (S'6 ad. 21. 5. and 3. 7.; 1 g ad. 3. 6,; 1 jp juv. 25. 5. Mount Elgon. 



On the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon this race was met 

 with everywhere. I have come across it both in the scrub and 

 in the depths of the forests, where it always frequented the 

 undergrowth of brushwood and bushes. 



The three adult specimens are exactly alike, Jbut the young 

 bird differs from them in having the underparts lighter and the 

 feathers of the sides garnished with pale, light transverse bands. 



Wing, tarsus, 



• cfcT ad. 78, 79 mm. 26 mm. 



9 ad. 78 mm. 27 mm. 



9 juv. 73 mm. 27 ram. 



1) Hartert writes (VOg. pal. Fauna 1907, p. 452) "the name 

 Fomaiorhynchus" Boie 1826 has been adopted for this family, but 

 incorrectly. Boie — Isis 1826, p. 973 — quotes "Fomatorhynchus" 

 Horsfield, and owing to lack of knowledge about Levaillant's Tschagra, 

 he refers to this family belonging to the Timeliidae. Horsfield wrote 

 " Fomatorhinus" y a spelling that Boie improved to Fomaiorhynchus J'^ 

 Telophomts was improved mostly to Telephonus. 



