Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 237 



lizards. Common, frequently seen in pairs, and generally 

 very wild.] 



94. Pseudogyps africanus africanus. Lesser African 

 Vulture. 



Gyps africanus Salvad. Not. Stor. R. Accad. Torin. 1865"^, 

 p. 133 : Sennaar. 



a. ? ad. 40 miles N.W. of Baringo, 3400 ft. Jan. 1. 



Total length in flesh : 32^ inches. Wing : 580 mm. 

 Weight : 10 lbs. 



In quite good and very little worn dress. 



The half a dozen specimens before me of this Vulture do 

 not allow me to discuss finally the four described races, 

 which ai'e as follows : — - 



Pseudogyps africanus africanus Salvad. op. cit. 



P. a. schiUingsi Erl. J. f. O. 1904, p. 150 : Mkomasi, 

 German E. Africa. 



P. a. fillleborni, Erl. op. cit. p. 151 : Rukwa lake, German 

 E. Africa. 



P. a. zeclii Erl. op. cit. p. 152 : Kratchi, Togoland. 



The specimens before me show that the Baringo bird 

 agrees well with the specimen from near the type locality of 

 P. a. africanus, as also does one from Guas N'gishu, north- 

 east of Victoria Nyanza. 



One from Busongora, Uganda, is much paler, another 

 from Zomba, Nyasaland, is darkish, another from Dakar, 

 Senegal, is rather fulvous and worn, and yet another from 

 Humbe, Angola, is distinctly pale. 



I should not be surprised if a larger series will show 

 P. a. schiUingsi and P. a. fillleborni to be synonyms of P. a. 

 africanus, the range of which appears to be about from its 

 type locality to Nyasaland. 



The pale Angola bird may or may not be a constant form, 

 and in the former case would require a name, and the bird, 

 from Senegal may or may not be P. a. zechi of Togoland. 



[Irides brown, bare skin black ; legs and toes black. 

 Abundant, and seen in company with Otogyps auricularis.] 



* The outside cover of the part of the Not. Stor, in which this paper 

 is found bears the date 1869, 



