Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 415 



The range of this bird appears to be as follows : — Somali- 

 land, Abyssinia, British East Africa, and northern German 

 East Africa. 



[Irides brown ; bill, legs and toes black. The " Go 

 away bird^' was not observed until we reached the southern 

 Guaso Nyiro Kiver, where it was tolerably common. It was 

 much more plentiful in the Maroto Mountains.] 



180. Gymnoschizorhis personata leopoldi. King Leopold's 

 Plantain-eater. 



Schizorhis leopoldi Shelley, Ibis, 1881, p. 117 : Ugogo, 

 German East Africa. 



a. ? ad. Lemek Valley, 6600 ft. Oct. 6. 



h, c. ^ ^ ad. & imm. Amala River, 6500 ft. Oct. 11, 



Total length in flesh: (J & ? 19 inches. Wing <$ 

 204mm. ; $ ad. 201 mm.; imm. 206 mm. 



Both the two adults are worn and moulting ; the im- 

 mature bird is in first dress and is moulting into the adult 

 plumage. 



[Irides broAvn, bare skin of face black ; bill, legs and 

 toes black. This bird was common and was observed 

 feeding on seeds. ] 



The range of this race appears to be as follows : — Uganda 

 and Ruwenzori, southern British East Africa, German East 

 Africa to north Nyasaland ; whereas Chiziirhis personata 

 Riipp. (Mus. Senck. iii. 1842, p. 127 : Southern Abyssinia) 

 is confined to Abyssinia. 



In the Bull. B. 0. C. vol. xxi. 1908, p. 94, Neumann has 

 described a subspecies under the name Gymrwschizurhis per- 

 sonata centralis, the type locality being Kitengule, Kagera 

 River, west of Lake Victoria Nyanza, and states that it has 

 the forehead and crest feathers and the whole upperside 

 darker than in G. p. leopoldi. 



Specimens before me from the country between Lake 

 Victoria Nyanza and Lake Albert Nyanza do not differ 

 from those taken at Ll^gogo and the Amala River. Therefore 

 I prefer to place Neumann's name as a synonym. 



Certainly specimens from northern Nyasaland are slightly 



