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Subsp. a. Micropus streubeli. 



Cypselus caffer, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. iii. p. 85 (1860) (Sen- 



'naar) ; Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 216 (1870) (Abyss.) ; Hartl. 



Abh. natiirw. T'er. Bremen, xii. ]). 32 (1891). 

 Cypselus streubelii, Hartl J.f. 0. 18('.l, p. 418. 

 Cypselus abyssinicvis ?, Heiif/l. J. f. O. 18()1, p. 422. 

 Cj-pselus caffer orientalis, Ileiyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 143 (1869) ; 



^Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 427 (discuss.). 

 Cypselus gukris, Henr/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr.i. p. 143, note MS. (1869) ; 



Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, p". 236 (e.v HevgL). 



Only distinguished from the Southern M. caffer by its much 

 smaller size, which is even perceptible in the smaller size of the bill, 

 and perhaps also by the less extended white patch on the throat : 

 " iris dark brown ; bill and feet blackish " (Ileiu/l.). Wing 5"4 

 inches, lateral rectrices 2-7, central 1"6. 



Hab. Mountains of Abyssinia, the Bogos country, and Uganda 

 (Jaclson). Two specimens from the Congo belong to this form. 

 Heuglin says that this bird is a wanderer in North-eastern Africa. 

 Lichtenstein records it from " Nubia." 



a. 2 ad. sk. Eavravguddi, Abyssinia, May 27 Tweeddale Coll. 



(W.' Jesse). 



b, c. J ad. sk. Landana, Congo [Petit). Sharpe Coll. 



9. Micropus horus. 



Cypselus galilejensis, Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 24. 



Cypselus affiuis, var. horus, Hew/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 147 (e.v 



Hartl. ^- Finsch, MS.) (1869). " 

 Cypselus horus, Salmd. S)- Antin. Atti R. Ac. Tor. viii. p. 94 (1872) ; 



Salvad. Ibis, 1881, p. 540. 

 Cypselus affiuis, Bocaye, Jorn. Sc. Acad. Lisb. no. xii. p. 269 (1871) 



(Angola). 

 Cypselus sliarpii, Bouv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 228, pi. vi. fig. 1 



(1876; Bauana, Congo) ; Sharpe Sc Bouv. ibid. p. 303; L. Petit, 



Ornis, 1885, p. 685. 

 Cypselus finschi, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 159 (1877). 



Tail of Micropus horus. 

 In general appearance similar to M. caffer, but easily distinguished 



