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This form very closely resembles the specimens of A. hrunnei- 

 ceps Rchw. in the Berlin Museum, but the latter are larger : 

 Wing 54 mm., tarsus 200 mm., and not so yellow below as the 

 Kiambu specimens. 



Apalis tnelanocephala nigrodorsalis Granvik. 



1 c5 ad. 19. 9. Kiambu. 



This new form of tnelanocephala was shot in the vicinity of 

 Nairobi, in the same forest-area in which A. cinerea minor was 

 shot in the month of April. I only saw it on one occasion and then 

 3 individuals were together. They frequented the highest branches 

 of the trees where they were difficult to detect. One more 

 specimen was shot, exactly like this one in colour, but it was so 

 badly damaged that it could not be kept. 



This form differs from melanocephala in being black on the 

 whole of the upper parts, of the same colour as the head. It is 

 also considerably larger. 



Prof. 0. Neumann, who has seen my specimen, is of the 

 same opinion as I am, that it is a good representative of a good, 

 new form and has kindly placed at my disposal the following 

 comparative list from his yet unpublished work: 

 Specimens from South Somaliland measure: 

 1. cT Tot. length 115 mm.; wing 49 mm ; tarsus 17 mm.; tail 60 mm. 



,, 47.5 mm ; tail 59 mm. 

 „ 47 mm.; „ 59 mm. 

 ,, 48 mm.; „ 62 mm. 

 „ 47 mm.; „ 62 mm. 

 „ 43 mm. ; „ 47 mm. 

 ,, 45 mm.; „ 47 mm, 

 ,, 44 mm.; „ 50 mm. 

 If we compare the above measurements with those below 

 for my form, the difference will be distinctly seen. 

 Tot. length, wing, tarsus, tail 



143 mm. 52 mm. 18 mm. 72 mm. cT. 

 Irides reddish brown; bill black; legs brownish grey. 



Apalis porphyrolaenid llcliw & Neum. — Rchw. III. p 605 



3 (5(5 ad. 7. 5. Loodiani. — 2 (5(5 ad. 1. 7., 23. 7.; 1 Q ad.ll. 6. 

 Mount Elgon. 



About 12 miles north of Londiani, about 8.500 feet above 

 sea-level we passed through a region where the bamboo grew 

 in small, sparse groves among different kinds of trees, which 

 here formed dense and extensive forests. In small flocks of 



