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trees formed a thick vegetation at a distance of about two days 

 march from Elgon in the direction of Soy. 



The feathers of the head are dark olive-green with a dark 

 stripe along the shafts and grey tips. Otherwise the upper part 

 is dark olive-green. The under surface as in flavicollis. 

 Wing, 104 mm. tarsus, 25 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill blackish; legs dark leaden grey. 



Fhyllastrephus cabanisi succosus Rchw, — Rchw. Ill, p. 401. 



1 (5 ad. 4. 7.; 1 Q ad. 21. 5. Mount Elgon, 6.800 ft. 



I saw this bird a few times in the dephts of the dense 

 forests on the eastern slopes of Elgon. I do not think it can 

 be said to be common, at least in the districts in which our 

 expedition camped. 



The male specimen is a typical succosus with the head dark, 

 olive-green of the same colour as the back and, in other respects, 

 agreeing very well, partly with Reich en ow's description, partly 

 with other specimens in the Berlin Museum collections. The 

 female specimen, on the contrary, is considerably darker (with 

 a faint brown wash) and approaches, most appreciably Fh. placi- 

 dus (Shell.) with reference to the colour of the upper part. The 

 under surface has, however, a more distinct and brighter yellowish 

 tint in the former, whereas in the latter, as a rule, it seems to 

 me to be more dirty-yellow or greyish yellow, almost greyish 

 white. Both specimens have distinct yellowish throats. They 

 are in moult. 



Wing cT 88 mm. 9 80 mm.; tarsus 22, 23 mm. 



Irides dark brown; bill dark brownish grey (lower mandible 

 lighter); legs greyish green. 



Phyllaslrephus placidus (Shell.). — Rchw. III. p. 401. 



1 (5 ad. 18. 4. Kiambu. 



I saw this bird in the Nairobi district a few, times. It is 

 confusingly like the preceding race but the throat is whitish 

 and, as already mentioned, it ditt'ers also in the colour of the 

 underparts. 



Wing 82 mm.: tarsus 23 mm. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



Andropadus gracilirosiris percivali Neum. — Rchw. III. p. 411. 



Stelgidillas gracilirostris percivali {l:^6\im.]. v. Someren: Prov. Checklist birds 

 E. E. A., 1917, p. 48. - Neum.: Orn. Monatsber., 1903, p. 185. 



1 (5 juv. 18. 4. Kiambu. 



Lonnberg (Birds coll. Sw. Zool. Exp., B. E. A. 1911, 

 p. 115) calls this bird A. gracilirosiris Strickl. and following 



