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COLIIDiE. 



c, d. $ ad. ot juv. sk. Bejook, July ( W. Jesse). 

 e. 2 ad. sk. Bejook, July 17. 



/, g. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. 



Habab, Bogos-land (Esler). 

 Habab (£s/e;-). 

 Abyssinia. 



Dole, Abyssinia, May 16 

 { W. Jesse). 



Sharpe Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Sliarpe CoU. 

 Dr. Eiippell [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Coluis affinis. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 



Colius leucotis {nee Rupp.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 187.3, p. 714 (Mombasa) ; 

 Nichols. P. Z. S. 1878, p. .358 (Dar-es-Salaam) ; Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, 

 p. 237 (Kikamba) ; Fischer Sf Reichen. t. c. p. 252 (Mombasa) ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128 ; Bohm, J.f. O. 1885, p. 63 (Karema) ; 

 Saload. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 100 (1884 ; Shoa) ; Fischer, 

 Zeitschr. i,es. Orn. i. p. 363 (1884) ; id. J.f. 0. 1885, p. 123 (Zan- 

 zibar; Takaungu; Kipini ; Wapokomoland ; Bagamoyo; Pangani; 

 Pare; Aruscha ; Nguruman) ; Shelley, Ibis, 188-5, p. 311 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1887, p. 57 (Kondoa); Matschie, t. c. pp. 140, 149 

 (Lufiiku) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1889, p. 272 (Mekakalla River) ; id. 

 J.f. 0. 1891, p. 148 (Ferhani). 



Colius striatus {nee Gm.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 107, 112 (Uzaramo) ; 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. App. p. cliv (1871, pt.) ; Finsch Sf 

 Hartl. Fog. Ostafr. p. 471 (1870, pt.). 



Adult male. Similar to C. leucotis, but with the barring on the 

 neck and throat infinitely less marked, sometimes nearly obsolete. 

 Total length 13-3 inches, culmen 0-G, wing 3-.55, tail 9-2, tarsus 



0-75- 



Hah. White Nile district to Central Africa and thence to Eastern 



Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Sudan (Knoblecker). 



b. Ad. sk. White Nile. 

 c-e. Ad. sk. Mombasa (Sanford). 



f. Ad. sk. Mombasa. 



'(/. J ad. sk. Kitui, Ukamba, April. 



h, i k. S ad. sk. Kilimanjaro (5000 to 6000 



ft.) {H. H. Johnston). 

 I. S ad. sk. Kilimanjaro (.5000 ft.), Aug. 8, 



m. ? ad. sk. Ndara, Teita, Aug. 25. 



n. Ad. sk. Zanzibar {E. C. Buxton). 



0. Ad. sk. Mtoni, March [F. Bohndorf). 



p Q Ad. sk. Usambara Mountains (Sir J. 



Kirk), 

 r, s. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaam [Buxton Sf 



Moir). 



Sharpe Coll. 



Purchased. 



Rev. H. T. Buxton 



[P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Dr.Hildebrandt[C.]. 

 British Association 



[P.]. 

 H. C. V. Himter, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 H. C. V. Hunter, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 SheUey Coll. 

 Emin Pasha [P.l. 

 Shelley Coll. "" 



Shelley Coll. 



6. Colius castanonotus. 



Colius ca.stanonotus, J. Sf E. Terr. Rev. Zool. 1855, p. 351 ; Hartl. Orn. 

 Westafr. p. 155 (1857) ; Mont. Ibis, 1862, p. 333 (Angola) ; Gray, 



