298 Mr. C. H. B. Graut on a Collection of 



features as larger and much paler and pnrer yellow on the 

 under-parts, wing given as 89 mm. Tliis, however, does not 

 appear to be borne out by the scries fiom east Africa ex- 

 amined by me, but, as other slight differences exist between 

 western and eastern birds, as stated above, the eastern form 

 should perhaps bear Mearns' name. 



157. Melittophagus tullocki frenatns. Hartlaub's Red- 

 throated Bee-cater. 



Merops frenatus Hartl. Journ. fiir Orn. 1&54', p. 257 : 

 Sennaar. 



a. S ^(1- Kittigom, Chua District, 2830 ft. Feb. 21. 



Total length in flesh : 8| inches. Wing : 100 mm. 



In slightly Avorn dress. 



This race is very closely allied to M. b. buUocki, but has a 

 light blue line between the Idack under the eye and the 

 red throat, this being absent in most specimens of M. b. 

 bullocki or replaced by a few green feathers. 



[Irides brown ; bill, legs and toes black. Several were 

 seen.] 



Tlie range of the two races appears to be as follows : — 



Melittophagus bullocki bullocki. 



Merops bulucki Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xiv. 

 1817, p. 13 : Senegal. 



Senegal, Gold Coast Colony and the Niger to Lake Chad 

 and tlie River Shari [Boyd Alexander). 



Melittophagus bullocki fkenatus. 

 N.E. Belgian Congo, Bahr el Ghazal, Uganda, Sudan, and 

 Abyssinia. 



158. Melittophagus bullockoides. White-fronted Bee- 

 eater. 



Merops bullockoides A. Smith, S. A. Q. Journ. vol. ii. 1834, 

 p. 320 : South Africa. 



a, b. S ad. Mau, 6900 ft. Sept. 30. 



c. (J ad. Southern Guaso Nyiro, 6100 ft. Oct. 2. 



Total length in flesh: 9| inches. Wing: 119, 117, & 

 116 mm. 



