— 249 — 



The specimen is in moult and agrees fully with Reiche- 

 n w 's description. 



Wing 80 mm.; tarsus 28 mm. 



Irides critron-yellow ; bill brownish yellow; legs pale greyish 

 yellow. 



V. Someren mentions the bird from Meuressi (Turkana- 

 land) and gives the wing - measurement as 85 — 87 mm. (one 

 specimen 93 mm.). (Journ. E. A. Ug. N. H. S., 1921, No. 16, 

 p. 24.) 



Tiirdns (iecJcerii clii oven sis (Shaipe). — lichw. III. p. 687. 



1 (5 ad. 24. 4. Kikuyii. - 2 (5(3 ad. 7. 5. ; 2 &^ ad. 7. 5., 8. 5.; 

 Londiani. — 1 $ ad. 1. 7. Mount Elgon. 



The first specimen of this bird was shot in a grove or 

 park situated close to Kikuyu Railway Station. In the districts 

 of Londiani this Thrush was common and occurred both in the 

 interior of the forests and on the bushy fringes thereof. On 

 the eastern slopes of Elgon I saw the race several times and 

 always in the middle of the forests among the entangling thickets, 

 where it was difficult to get within range. It occurred on Elgon 

 as far up |as 11.000 feet, where one specimen was shot, in the 

 company of Tarsiger elgonensis. 



Lonnberg says of this bird (Birds coll. Sw. Zool. Exp. 

 B. E. A., 1911, p. 126) "that its distribution resembles that of 

 Turacus hartlaubi'\ which should be true. He has also found 

 a great difference, with reference to the colour of the lower 

 parts, between specimens from Kenia and the Escarpment, and 

 those originating from Kilimanjaro, the former being "more vi- 

 vidly coloured with a rich rusty red". 



I have myself made the same observation, the Kikuyu- 

 specimen being paler and also having the throat and fore-neck 

 with a reddish brown wash (all the feathers being fringed with 

 reddish brown). Likewise, the whole of the upper surface has 

 a dark brownish red hue. In all probability this bird is only 

 an occasional variation, although the difference from the others 

 is so great and conspicuous that I was tempted to believe that 

 the birds of the Kikuyu-country — provided it could be confir- 

 med that they resemble this specimen — represented a distinct 

 form. 



Wing, tarsus, 



112 mm. 33 mm. cf Kikuyu. 



114, 118 mm. 33 mm. cfcf Londiani. 



108, 114 mm. 32 mm. 99 „ 



109 mm. 32 mm. 9 Elgon. 



Irides dark-brown; bill and legs yellowish red. 



