— 141 — 



spite ot the fact that Lonnberg (Birds Coll. by the Swed. Exp. 

 in B. E. A., 1911, p. 92) and M a c k w o r t h -P r a e d (Ibis, 1917 

 p. 380) name their Nairobi specimens L. h. uropygialis lichw.. 

 but in conformity with v, Someren (Ibis, 1916, p. 394 and 

 Nov. Zool., 1918, p. 278), Sharpe (Ibis, 1891, p. 597) I call 

 them all by the name given above. 



The young birds (7 specimens in the collection) have not, 

 as Reichenow (op. cit. p. 608) writes, black tail-feathers and 

 wing -feathers but in the individuals before me (in various 

 phases of feathering) these feathers are dark-brown (cp. Schiebel, 

 J. f. 0. 1906, plate G); in that plate, however, the brown edges 

 to the wings and wing-coverts and the brownish red on the back 

 are too light. Further, the white patches on the shoulder of 

 some of the specimens are not so prominent as in the plate. 



The blood-reddish brown spot, shown on the edge of the 

 wing of a 9 ^cl. of this race in PI. H, fig. 3 cannot be found in 

 a single specimen. 



Wing, tarsus, 



d'd ad. 89, 90, 92, 93, 93, 94, 95, 99 mm. 24—25 mm. 



99 ad. 89, 91, 92, 92, 92, 96 mm. 24—25 mm. 



d^cT 99 juv. 87, 89, 90, 92, 92, 92, 94 mm. 23 — 25 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill black; legs black. 



Lanius collurio collurio L. — Rchw. II. p. 622. 



Enneocotonus collurio (L.). — Sclater & M. Praed: Ibis 1918, p. G30. 

 1 (5 ad. 17. 4. Kiambu. 



On the last day of April a cf and 9 of this race were shot in 

 Mombasa. In the middle of April this race was abundiint every- 

 where in the Nairobi districts, several birds being frequently 

 seen together. 



The specimen is in full summer plumage. Wing 96 mm., 

 tarsus 23.5 ram. 



Corvinella corvina affinis Heugl. — Rchw. II. p. 630. 



Ikelekele . . . ki-kamba. 



7 (5(5 ad. 18. 5. - 26. 7. ; 5 QQ ad. 10. 5. - 24. 7. ; 2 ^(5 juv. 16. 5. and 



22. 6. ; 1 e juv. 17. 5. Mount Elgon, 7.000 ft. 



Two days' march from Elgon we found this race in flocks 

 of 10 — 15 in number in the scrub. Old and young birds flew 

 about among the low and scattered trees and bushes catching 

 iusects. Below the eastern slopes of Elgon it was common, occurring 

 in the acacia-country. Occasionally I saw solitary individuals on 

 the outskirts of the forests up to an altitude of 7 000 feet. 



Male and female are rather similar to each other. Yet it 

 seems to me that the males are, as a rule, somewhat darker 



