— 18(3 — 



the length of wing are considerably greater than those given by 

 Neumann and if the measurements alone were conclusive, 

 the Elgon form could hardly be placed among the now known 

 forms of quartinia, but one might then be entitled to make a 

 new form. 



so my in- 

 vestigations only determining the variation latitude of the nyansae 

 form and show that this is quite different from what the author 

 imagined. 



Irides red (in the young bird brown); upper mandible black, 

 lower mandible coral-red (in the young bird both upper and 

 lower mandible black). Compare : Ogilvie-Grant, (op. cit.) 

 Legs dark-grey-black. 



Vraeginthus hengalus hrunneigularis Mearns. — Smithson. Misc. 

 Coll. vol. 56, No. 20, 1911, p. 6. 



Nziilili . . . ki-kamba. — Asiro . . . ki -kavirondo. — Ndwedue . . . ki-suaheli. 

 1 (5 ad. 11. 4. Ngong. — 1 Q ad. 17. 4. Kiambu. 



There are 14 forms of Vraeginthus hengalus L. described. 

 Zedlitz: J. f. 0., 1911, p. 604—607; Grote: Orn. Monats- 

 ber. 1911, p. 162; Mearns: op. cit. These two specimens from 

 the Nairobi district must be referred to JJ. b. hrunneigularis, 

 which Reichenow, however (Jouru. f. Orn. 1918, p. 89), con- 

 siders to be synonymous with U. b. ugandae Zedlitz. My opinion 

 however, is that both these forms are good and distinct. 



As Mearns (op. cit.) says, the female has the sides of the 

 head and cheeks brown, though at the base of the lower jaw 

 there is a narrow, blue stripe. The blue patch of the under-part 

 is limited to the fore-neck, breast and flanks (Compare v. S o - 

 meren: Ibis, 1916, p. 425). 



The male has almost the whole of the lower surface clear 

 blue; lower tail-coverts brown. 



Wing cf 54, 9 54 mm.; tarsus 14 mm.; bill 9 mm. 



Irides reddish brown; bill, red — rosy-red with black edges 

 and black tip; legs pale yellowish red. 



