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from both the coastal form and the other forms, that it seems 

 to me that I am justified in giving them a new name. Hence, 

 we should in this way perhaps get two new forms to this group. 



The specimen from Mombasa is in moult and is already 

 assuming the new dress, which agrees perfectly with Neu- 

 mann's description (op. cit. p. 377). Head, black. 



Wing 81 mm,, tarsus 26 mm. 



Telephonus senegalus erythropterus Shaw. — 

 1 (5 ad. 14. 8.; 1 $ 14. 8.; Lumbwa. 



The two specimens of P. senegalus group, shot in Lumbwa, 

 also fall within the sub-division, the representatives of which 

 have the two central tail-feathers furnished with well-defined 

 transverse bands. They agree most closely with P. s. erythropterus 

 (Shaw), but the nape and upper part of the head are not entirely 

 black, but very nearly blackish brown, that is to say, some of 

 the feathers are only black on the tips, otherwise they are dark- 

 brown. This may, of course, be because both specimens are in 

 fresh new dresses, the feathers not yet being full-grown nor 

 having the definitive colours. 



But these two specimens before me also puts one in mind i 

 of P. s. armenus (Oberh), and could be placed under that race. H 

 However, Reichenow (J. f. 0. 1918, p. 82), Neumann (op. \ 

 cit.) and (Zedlitz J. f. 0. 1915, p. 55) consider that this sub- i 

 species is doubtful, and Neumann's objection to the genuine- ^ 

 ness of the race is quite justified and makes me exclude this 

 form from the group. It would also be strange if P. s. orientalis, { 

 which in spite of everything must, however, be looked upon as 

 good, should inhabit the same regions as the one just men- 

 tioned, i 



For the present I consider it hardly justifiable in increasing 

 the crowd of T. senegalus forms, but rather let the name ery- 

 thropterus stand for my specimens. 



Wing cT 88 mm., 9 86 mm., tarsus cf9 29 mm. 



Ogil vie- Grant writes (Ruw. Exp., Rep., 1910, p. 338): „The 

 birds procured by the Ruwenzori Expedition appear to be in- 

 distinguishable from specimens from the Transvaal etc. (T. s. 

 erythropterus apud Neumann) and from Cameron and Gabon 

 {T. s. earner unensis). Like them they have the posterior half of 

 the eyebrow-stripe rufous-buff, whereas in the true T. senegalus 

 it is white". Hence, he calls his Ruwezori specimens T. erythrop- 

 terus Shaw, which name even Bannerman (Ibis 1910, p. 688) 

 gives specimens from Takaungu (in the neighbourhood of Mom- 

 basa on the coast). The same author says that "the bird is 

 common all along the coast, but at Nairobi rare." 



