40.2 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



Buea) 93, ? (two) 97-96, inland, S (four) 96-91, ? (three) 

 95-91 mm. 



Range. Kabinda or Portuguese Congo, to Cameroon and 

 eastwards to the Sliari, Ubanghi, and Welle Rivers and Niam 

 Niam. 



COLIUS STRIATUS LKUCOTIS. 



Colius leucotis Riipp. Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 4,2, pi. 2 : 

 Province of Temben, Abyssinia. 



Of this, Colius striatus hitgerti Zedl. (Orn. Monatsb. 1910, 

 p. 58 : Harar) and Colius striatus erlangeri Zedl. (op. cit. : 

 Djam Djam, Abyssinia, cf. also Journ. fiir Orn. 1910, p. 755, 

 pi. X,), become synonyms. 



Rather paler generally and less black on the throat than 

 C. s. cinei-ascens, mantle very distinctly barred, cheeks white, 

 legs and toes red. Wing-measurements : Abyssinia, (^ (four) 

 100-94, ? (seven) 102-95; Somaliland, ^ (one) 93; Sudan 

 and White Nile, ^ (three) 94-92, ? (two) 95-93 mm. 



Range. Upper White Nile and Egyptian Sudan to 

 Abyssinia and British Somaliland. 



Colius striatus minor. 



Colius minor Cab. Journ. fiir Orn. 1876, p. 94 : Natal. 



Of this, Colius hirhyi Sharpe (Bull. B. O. C. vol. xxi. 1907, 

 p. 32 : Lydenburg, E. Transvaal) must become a synonym, 

 inasmuch as the type (a male) now before me is nothing but 

 a semi-albino, and is not therefore a species at all. The 

 size, wing 93 mm., agrees perfectly with normally coloured 

 specimens. 



Similar to C. s. striatus, but throat distinctly more 

 blackish. Wing-measurements : Natal and Zululand, ^ 

 (three) 96-94, ? (three) 93-87, no sex (five) 96-90 ; Trans- 

 vaal and Swaziland, S (three) 93-83, ? (four) 92-91 ; 

 Portuguese East Africa, (^ (one) 90, ? (one) 92 ; south- 

 east Rhodesia and Zambesi, S (ei^ht) 93-88, ? (four) 91 ; 

 Shire River (no sex) 82 ; Zomba, south Nyasaland, (one) 

 90 mm. 



Range. Natal and Zululand northwards to the Transvaal, 

 Portuguese East Africa, south-east Rhodesia and the Zambesi, 

 also to Zomba in south Nvasulaud. 



