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COLIUS STKIATUS BERLEPSCHI. 



Colius leucotis berlepschi Hartert in Ansorge, Under tlie 

 African Sun, App. 1899, p. 333 : New Heligolaudj north- 

 east shores of Lake Nyasa, German East Africa, 



Cheeks greyish white ; mantle no more distinctly barred 

 than in C. s. minor. Differs from C. s. cineruscens in 

 practically lacking the barring on the chest, throat and lores 

 more dusky, no white tips to throat-feathers, rest of under- 

 parts on the average rather darker ; legs red. Wing- 

 measurements: north Nyasaland, (^ (six) 98-94, (one) 102, 

 ? (three) 97-93 ; North-east Rhodesia and south-east 

 Belgian Congo, ^ (two) 101-99 mm. 



Range. Country east and west of northern Lake Nyasa to 

 North-eastern Rhodesia and south-east Belgian Congo. 



Colius striatus affinis. 



Culius leucotis ajjinis Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 312 : Dar-es- 

 Salaam. 



It appears to me that Colius leucotis cinerascens Neum. 

 (Journ. fiir Orn. 1900, p. 190 : Irangi, north German East 

 Africa) and Colius kiwuensis Reichw. (Orn. Monatsb. 1908, 

 p. 191 : Lake Kiwu) are synonyms. 



Differs from C. s. berlepschi in having whiter ear-coverts, 

 the black throat distinctly tipped with white, and the chest 

 clearly barred; the mantle shows the barring, but nothing 

 like so clearly as in C. s. leucotis. Legs red. Wing-measure- 

 ments : north German East Africa, (J (three) 97-95, ? (one) 

 89, no sex (four) 96-86 ; British East Africa, S (ten) 105-96, 

 ? (eight) 101-92 ; Uganda, c? (nine) 102-62, one measures 

 only 92, ? (four) 99-92 mm. 



Range. Northern German East Africa, the greater part of 

 British East Africa and Uganda, including Ruwenzori. 



Nine specimens from Mombasa have rather less black on 

 the throat than the generality of British East African 

 specimens, they have the wing : ^ 95-90, ? 92-90, no sex 

 (lour) 89-87 mm. One specimen from Zanzibar is generally 

 rather rufous, especially below, has very little black on the 

 throat, and has a wing of 87 mm. ; no sex. 



