— 208 — 



Andropadus latirostria eugenius Rchw. — Rchw. III. p. 415. 



Andropadus eugenius. v. Someren : Ibis 1916, p. 437. — Andropadus lati- 

 rostris Strickl. Og.-Grant: Zool. Res. Kuw. Exp., 1911, p. 386; Ibis 1908, 

 p. 304. — Stelgidocichla latirostris saturata Mearns. Smithson. Misc. 

 Coll., vol. 61, No. 25, 1914. 



1 ($ ad. 11. 4. Ngoug. - 2 (5(5 ad. 24. 6., 7. 7.; 2 QQ ad. 20. 5., 21. 5.; 



Mount Elgon. 



Common in the Nairobi districts (L o n n b e r g : 1911, p. 

 115) and in the forests on the eastern slopes of Elgon. On 

 Elgon this bird occurs up to an altitude of 7000 ft. 



Ogilvie-Grant (Ibis 1908, p. 304) has, it is true, em- 

 phasised that there is no difference between eugenius from Bri- 

 tish East Africa and latirostris from Fernando Po., and therefore 

 he cannot support Reich enow's form. But Reich enow 

 rightly maintains (Vogelf. Mittelafr. Seengeb. 1911, p. 345) that 

 eugenius is not synonymous with latirostris, but points out that 

 the former, among other things, differs from the latter by means 

 of the much darker under surface, v. Someren also considers 

 eugenius as a good form (op. cit. and Nov. Zool, XXV, 1918, 

 p. 285) and after comparing East African and West African forms 

 I have come to the same opinion. 



On the other hand I cannot find that saturata described 

 by Mearns (op. cit.) differs in the least from eugenius. Not 

 one of the characters cited by Mearns is, according to my 

 opinion, only characteristic for his form, but is also found in 

 eugenius, whence it is undoubtedly a synonym of the latter. 

 Reich enow points out (Journ. i'. Oru. 1918, p. 95) also that 

 it would by remarkable if two forms of latirostris occurred 

 simultaneously on the mountains of B. E. A., and adds: "as the 

 writer (Mearns), as appears from other instances, has the incli- 

 nation to describe as many species as possible without paying 

 regard to the variations of the species owing to age, season or 

 sex, an examination of the forms is especially necessary". 



Between the Elgon specimens and that from the Kikuyu 

 country there is no difference whatever. The lower' surface in all 

 of them is dark olive-green with a grey wash, in ?ome a little 

 yellowish in the centre. 



Wing cTcf 87, 88 mm. (Elgon); 88 mm. (Ngong). 



99 86, 90 mm. 

 tarsus 22 — 22.5 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill black with yellowish brown tip (and 

 sometimes yellowish brown edges); legs yellowish brown. 



Fycnonotus tricolor micrus Oberholser. — Proc. U. S. A. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 28, 1905, p. 891. 



Pycnonotus layardi micrus Oberh. op. cit.; Mearns: Smith's Misc. Coll. 

 vol. 56, No. 20, p. 9. — Pycnonotus barbatus micrus Oberh. Zedlitz: 



