442 Mr. C. H. B. Grant ow a Collection of 



Total length in flesh : ^ 6^ inches ; ? 6 inches. Wing : 

 c? 85 & 81 mm. ; ? 80 & 78 mm. 



These four specimens are all somewhat worn ; they are 

 all spotted on the underparts, but not so thickly as four 

 specimens from Lake Naivasha in the British Museum 

 collection. 



[Irides brown ; bill black, dark brown, or dark plum- 

 beous ; legs and toes black, blackish grey, or dark grey.] 



Specimens in the British Museum collection from near 

 the type locality of T. d. diademata have only a few 

 spots on the lower flanks; tbcse increase and spread to the 

 abdomen and breast in specimens from further to the south, 

 where they become T. d. massaica, which appears to be 

 quite a good subspecies, though no decided geographical 

 limit can be assigned to them. 



Further to the southwards, in Nyasaland, a much more 

 spotted form exists, having also a strong wash of bright 

 yellow across the chest. Tiiis has been named Tricholtema 

 alexandri by Shelley (Bull. B. O. C. vol. xiii. 1903, p. 61 : 

 Namwewe, Nyasaland) ; it would appear, however, to be a 

 synonym of PogonorhyncJms froyitalus Cab. (Journ. fiir Orn. 

 1880, p. 351, pi. ii. fig. 1 : Angola), as the specimens before 

 me agree perfectly with the plate, and on the back of the 

 label of one of them I find in Prof. Neumann's hand- 

 writing, " compared with typical specimen from north 

 Angola." 



197. Pogoniulus "^ pusillus affinis. Reichenow's Little 

 Barbet. 



Barbatnla affinis Reichw. Orn. Centr. 1879, p. 114 : 

 Kipini, mouth of Tana River, British East Africa. 



a, b. S ad. Amala River, 5500 ft. Oct. 13. 



c. $ ad. 12 miles east of Amala River, 5700 ft. Oct. 26. 



* Mr. Tom Iredale informs me that Richmond (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 vol. XXXV. 1908, p. 634) has pointed out tliat Poyoniulus Lat'resnaje 

 (Diet. Univers. d'Hist. Nat. vol. ii. 184.3, p. 463 : type Bucco jmi-vus 

 Gmel.) should take the place of Jiylobucco Bonaparte, as used by Ober- 

 holser (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xxviii. 1905, p. 867), in place of 

 Barbatula Lesson also preoccupied. 



