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Manda Island : c? 1^9 mm. Uganda: (J 165-147, ? 171- 

 151mm. British E. Africa: ^ 176-163, ? 156-137 mm. 

 German E. Africa : ^ 166, ? 151 mm. N.E. Rhodesia : 



S 175-174 mm. Nyasaland : J 185-172, ? 163 mm. 

 Portuguese E. Africa : ^ 183-168, ? 158-146 mm. Lower 

 Zambesi: S 175-168, ? 167 mm. Eastern Matabeleland : 



S 167-146, ? 164-161 mm. Mashonaland : S 187-162, 



$ 167 mm. Eastern Transvaal (low country) : ? 144 mm. 

 Neumann, Journ. fiir Orn. op. cit., gives the measure- 

 ments of the tail of four specimens from German East Africa, 

 males 205 and 180, females 175 and 168 mm. 



The above list shows not only that great individual 

 latitude must be allowed, but that Roberts's measurements 

 are very closely matched in birds from German East Africa 

 and are actually equalled by those from Uganda, thus 

 compelling me to place his name as a synonym. 



For comparative purposes, I append a list of tail- 

 measurements of R. c. cyanomelas taken from the Museum 

 series : — Eastern Transvaal (high country) : (^ 145 mm. 

 Western Transvaal : $ 129 mm. Orange River Colony : 



$ 130-127. Natal: ^ 138, ? 136 mm. Griqualand 

 East: ? 119 mm. Cape: S l-^G mm. Bechuaualand : 



? 117-113 mm. Western Matabeleland: ^ 140-133 mm. 

 Damaraland : S 140-121, ? 123-120 mm. Benguella : 



(^139 mm. 



153. Rhinopomastus cabanisi. Cabanis' Scimitar-billed 

 Wood-Hoo^joe. 



Irrisor cabanisi Filippi, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 289 : 

 " entre le quatrieme et le troisieme degre nord = about 

 120 miles S. of Khartoum. 



a. ^ imm. Amala River, 5500 ft. Oct. 15. 



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



c. S ad. Mt. Maroto, Maroto Stream, 3700 ft. Jan. 26. 

 Total length in flesh : S ad. lOf, imm. 9f, ? 9^ inches. 



Wing: (?ad. 108, imm. 107, ? 96 mm. Culmen : c?ad. 38, 

 imm. 34, ? 29-5 mm. 



All three are in good dress, the female differing from the 

 male in being smaller and having the underparts dull sooty. 



