Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 453 



from Larao in 2° S. lat.'^ With regard to Dendromus neu- 

 manni Reicliw. (Orn. Monatsb. 1896, p. 132 ; Naivasha), the 

 diagnostic characters given are : upper parts darker with 

 very small and sparse white spots, underparts spotted up to 

 cliin, excepting that part lying between the rami of the 

 lower mandibles. Dendrumus n'lger Neum. (Orn. Monatsb. 

 1902, p. 9 : Buka BcrgeUj southern Kalfa, Abyssinia) has 

 diagnostic characters very similar to those of the last- 

 named, and I consider them synonyms. These characters 

 are found in some examples of this form throughout East 

 Africa, Abyssinia, and Somaliland, and must therefore be 

 due to individual variation ; the pure black forepart of the 

 head is undoubtedly due to immaturity. 



Upper parts vary from spotted to barred, underparts 

 usually yellow, sometimes more white; young in first dress 

 usually have the forepart of the head .black and without 

 white specks, though this is not constant. 



Range. Abyssinia, Sudan, Uganda, British East Africa, 

 and northern German East Africa. 



Campethera nubica pallida. 



Dendromus pallidus Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 638: Lamu. 



A much paler form ; in the female the spots on the 

 forepart of the head are bigger than in C. n. nubica and 

 pure white. 



Range. British Somaliland to the Tana River and Lamu, 

 where it meets with the typical form. 



Campethera nubica albifacies. 



Dendromus albifacies Gunn. & Rob. Ann. Transv. Mus. 

 vol. iii. 1911, p. 112: Villa Pereira, Boror, Port. East 

 Africa. 



Very similar to C. n. nubica., but differs from that race in 

 having a well-developed superciliary stripe extending back- 

 wards to the nape. In the four specimens before me the 

 throat is spotted, this character being given in tlie original 

 description. 



Range. Southern British Nyasaland and Boror district of 

 Portuguese East Africa. 



