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Irides dark-brown; bill in cT black, in 9 dark greyish 

 brown; legs black. 



Timaliinae. 



Turdinus pyrrhoptcrns elgonensis Granvjk. 



1 (3 ad. 7. 7.; 1 Q ad. 7. 7. Mount Elgon. 



A rather rare bird on the eastern slopes of Pilgon. It fre- 

 quented the dense and impenetrable under-growth in the in- 

 terior of the forests at an altitude of 7.000 feet. 



The following forms of pyrrhopierus have been described : 



1. Turdinus pyrrhopterus pyrrhopierus (Rchw. & Neum.). 



Wing 67—70 mm.; tail 53 mm.; culmen 15 mm.; tarsus 

 24 mm. 

 Hab. Mau, Nandi. 



2. Turdinus pyrrhopterus kiwuensis Neum. 



Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. XXI, 1908, p. 55. 



3. Turdinus pyrrhopterus tanganjicae Rchw. 



Journ. f. Orn., 1917, p. 391. 

 Hab. The forests west of Tanganjika^ 



The specimens before me differ from pyrrhopterus in not 

 being reddish brown above, neither are the upper wing-coverts 

 of that colour, but are olive-brown, thus resembling tanganjicae. 



The throat is whitish grey (in pyrrhopterus, brownish). 

 The lower surface is wholly grey in the Elgon specimen, the 

 lower parts of the fianks with an olive-brown wash (in p. pyr- 

 rhopterus the upper parts are distinctly olive-brown). The under 

 tail-coverts are greyish brown ; in pyrrhopterus reddish brown. 

 The head is olive-brown with a greyish tint. 



They differ from p. pyrrhopterus also in being considerably 

 larger. 



Wing, culmen, tarsus, 



78 mm. 15 mm. 25 mm. cf. 



73 mm. 14 mm. 25 mm. cT. 



Irides brown; bill dark bluish grey; legs bluish grey. 



It is possible that Reichenow's description of pyr' 

 rhopterus (Vog. Afr. Ill, p. 738) refers to a young specimen and 

 that mine are only in a more advanced plumage. But the dif- 

 ferences between his type (in Berlin) and mine, with reference 

 to the dress and, not the least, as regards the size, are so con- 

 siderable, that I have given the Elgon bird a new name. 



If p. tanganjicae is a good form, then mine approaches 

 that form, but the head is not predominantly grey as in the 

 former, nor do the measurements coincide. The type cT of tan- 

 ganjicae measures 72 mm. in the wing, and four other specimens 



