440 Mr. C. 11. B. Grant on a Collection of 



Trichol^ma affims. 



Pogonorhynchus affinis Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1879, 

 p. 680 : Weenen, Natal. 



Size much larger, streak over eye yellow, the hinder part 

 being white ; in T. m. melanocephala the eye-streak is white 

 for the whole of its length. 



Range. Griqu aland East and Natal. 



T am unable through lack of material to place a form of 

 T. affinis, described by Reichenow in the Orn. Monatsb. 

 1893, p. 30, from the Wembere Steppe, East Africa, under 

 the name Tricholama flavibiiccale ; it appears to differ in 

 its smaller size, wang 70 against 79 mm., and in having 

 the anterior part of the white cheek-stripe, as well as the 

 anterior part of the eye-streak, yellow. 



194. Tricholsema lacrymosa. Spotted-flanlted Barbet. 



Ti'ichuldenui lacrymosa Cab. Journ. fiir Orn. 1878, p. 205 : 

 Adi River, British East Africa - German East Africa 

 boundary. 



a.b.S'i ad. Amala River, 5300 & 5500 ft. Oct. 11 

 &21. 



c. ? ad. Mt. Maroto, Maroto Stream, 3700 ft. Jan. 25. 



d. ? ad. Nakwai Hills, 3800 ft. Feb. 6. 



Total length in flesh : ^ 6 inches ; $ 6, 5|, 5| inches. 

 Wing : c? 72 mm. ; ? 69-66 mm. 



These four specimens are showing signs of wear, the 

 male perhaps having the head and throat brighter than 

 the females. 



[cJ. Irides bright yellow; bill black; legs and toes dark 

 plumbeous. ?. Irides red, reddish brown, or brown; bill 

 black ; legs and toes black, greyish black, or very dark 

 brown. Common. On October 21 a pair were seen at a 

 nest containing young, which was situated iu a dead branch 

 overhanging our tents.] 



The pair from Amala River can be taken as typical 

 specimens of this species, and have the underparts washed 

 with yellow and the spots rounded. These are the characters 

 given by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant for Tricholcema radcliffei (Bull. 



