— 139 — 



Wing, d* 98, 9 101 mm. tarsus, d*9 32 mm. 

 Irides yellowish white; bill black; legs dark-grey. 



Bryoscopus af finis (G. R. Gray). — Rchw. II. p. 590. 

 1 (5 ad. 29. 4.; 2 QQ ad. 27. and 29. 4.; Mombasa. 



This race was abundant in the woods in the Mombasa 

 districts. Two specimens (cT and 9) are in the moulting stage. 

 The third (9) has already assumed its new dress. At the time 

 for change of dress the feathers of the back are not white as in 

 the fresh full plumage, but grey, and the flanks are also faintly 

 shot with grey. (The variety oi D. senegalensis '^\\\q\\ Reiche- 

 n w "unter Vorbehalt" has described as camerunensis is there- 

 fore nothing but a transitional form, which the author also con- 

 siders possible.) 



Wing, tarsus, 



Cf 81, 99 75, 81 mm. cf 9 23 mm. 



Irides yellowish red-coral red; bill black; legs lead-grey- 

 greyish green not black as Neumann (J. f. 0. 1900, p. 271) 

 states. 



Ogilvie-Grant (Zool. Ruw. Exp. 1910, p. 343) gives 

 this race from Upper Congo and considers it doubtful whether 

 D. senegalensis (Hartl.) is "really distinct from D. affinis (Gray)". 



Bryoscopus cuhla hamatus Hartl. — Rchw. II. p. 594. 



D. c. suahelicus Neum. 



1 (5 ad. 17. 4. Kiambu. 



Common in the Nairobi regions (vide Lonnberg 1911, 

 p. 91). — V. Someren has (Ibis, 1916, p. 394) given an inter- 

 esting and valuable account of this bird's nest, eggs etc. 

 Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



. , 81 mm. 23 mm. 18 mm. 



Bryoscopus gamhensis nyanzae Neum. — Rchw. II. p. 596. 



Bryoscopus malzacii nyansae Neum. — Journ. f. Orn., 1899, p. 412. — 

 V. Someren - Journ. E. Afr. & Ug. N. H. Soc, 1921, No. 16, p. 21. 



1 (5 ad. 14. 5, Soy 8.000 ft. - 2 (3(3 ad. 15. and 21. 5.; 2 QQ ad. 21. 5. 

 and 5. 7. Mount Elgon, 7.000 ft. 



Occurs on the eastern slopes of Elgon up to 7.000 ft. and 

 mostly frequents the outskirts of the forests bordering on the 

 accacia-country. Does not belong to the more common races. 



Like other Bryoscopus species it has a very varying and 

 melodious song. At times this puts one in mind of the song of 

 the Hacklenecked Caucal (Centropus superciliosus) , at other times 

 it consists of only one loud and one low note. It will continue 



