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



To sum up, the wing-raeasurements given show that appar- 

 ently no great reliance can be placed on this as a diagnostic 

 character, but other characters prove that this group of Colics 

 divides itself naturally into six well defined races. The 

 southernmost forms have dark-coloured legs ; these become 

 red or coral-pink in all the races to the northward, the 

 western race retaining the brownish ear-coverts of the parent 

 species, whereas the eastern forms assume greyish-white or 

 Avhite ear-coverts, and at its most northern limits assumes a 

 distinctly barred mantle. 



Since the above has been put into print I have seen the 

 description of Colius striatus jebt^lensis Mearns (Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. vol. xlviii. 1915, p. 394: Gondokoro). The 

 wing-measurement given is, in males 93-92, and in females 

 95-93 mm. These measurements agree so well with those 

 of the specimens from the Sudan and White Nile men- 

 tioned above under C. s. leucotis, that I consider a seventh 

 race can be recognised under Mearns^ name, having a range 

 of the Upper White Nile and Sudan. 



All the measurements given by me point to the males 

 always being somewhat larger than the females, though the 

 reverse (except for the type specimen) is the case with 

 Mearns' measurements. 



Mr. Mearns remarks that " Zedlitz has given excellent 

 coloured figures," cf. Journ. f iir Orn. 1910, plate 10 ; with 

 this I do not altogether agree, as the good series in the 

 British Museum collection does not bear out the tone of 

 coloration as depicted on that plate, and this has compelled 

 me to sink Zedlitz' two subspecies. 



172. Colius macrourus pulcher. East African Crested Coly. 

 Colius maa'ourus pulc/ie?- Neum. Journ. fiir Orn. 1900, 

 p. 190 : Teita, German East Africa. 



fl. c? ad. Amala River, 5300 ft. Oct. 21. 



h. S ad. 20 miles S. of Baringo, 3800 It. Dec. 24. 



c. ? ad. Kozibiri River, 1800 ft. Jan. 16. 



d. ? ad. Annamuget, 3700 ft. Feb. 1. 



Total length in flesh; <;? 14 & 13 inches; ? 14 & \^ 

 inches. 



