Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 287 



Wing 124 mm. ; culmen 47 ; tarsus 19 ; tail about 

 208 mm.^ i. e. 8^ inches. 



Type in British Museum. ? ad. [No. 267]. South-east 

 slopes of Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., collected May 2nd, 1906, by 

 K. E. Dent. 



Irrisor damarensis damarensis. 



Irrisor damarensis O.-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xii. 1901, 

 p. 37 : Daraaraland. 



Adult. Mantle and breast black -with a purplish bronze 

 wash, top of head spangled dark coppery bronze, throat dark 

 green. Wing- and tail-spots very large. 



Range. Daniaraland. 



Irrisor damarensis granti. 



Irrisor damarensis granti Neum. Orn. Monatsb. 1903, 

 p. 182: Ngomeni, Ukamba, British E. Africa. 



Ad'ilt. Differs from 1. d. damarensis in having the mantle 

 and breast strongly washed \\'\i\\ deep violet, top of the head 

 washed deep violet and spangled brighter reddish copper and 

 bronze, throat brighter green. 



Range. British E. Africa, Amala River to Lake Stephanie. 



(2) Bill red, wings and tail not spotted. 



Irrisor bollei bollei. 



Irrisor bollei Hartl. Journ. filr Orn. 1858, p. 445 : 

 Ashantee. 



Adult. Head and throat deep buff. In the young bird 

 there is an admixture of black and buff on the head and 

 throat. 



Range. Gold Coast Colony : Ashanti, Fantee, Mampon, 

 and Wassu district. 



Irrisor bollei jacksoni. 



Irrisor J acksoni Sharpe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. vi. 

 1890, p. 503 : Kikuyu Country, British E. Africa. 



Adult. Similar to /. b. bollei, but having the head and 

 throat whiter, less deep buff. 



In a young bird the head and throat arc almost pure white 

 with an admixture of black. 



