Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 471 



torquilla mauretanica Roths. Bull. B. O. C. vol. xxiii. 1909, 

 p. 103 : Algeria, wing given as 82*5-76 mm. ; and Jtjnx tor- 

 quilla japonica Bonap. Consp. Av. vol. i. 1850, p. 112 : 

 Japan ; all these appear to he well suhstantiated. Since 

 Hartert^s work was puhlished, another form has heen 

 described — Jynx torquilla sarudmji Loud. Orn. Monatsb. 

 1912, p. 44 : Transcaspia, wing given as 85 mm. I have 

 not gone into these races very thoroughly, but I am satisfied 

 that the specimen enumerated above belongs to the typical 

 form. 



212. Jynx ruficollis cosensi. Capt. Cosen's Red-breasted 

 Wryneck. 



Jynx ruficollis cosensi C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxxv. 1915, 

 p. 102 : Amaia River, British East Africa. 



Similar in coloration to the typical form, hut always 

 larger, wing 101-94 mm. as against 95-90 mm. in /. r. 

 rvficoUis ; differs from J. r. pulchricollis in having the 

 throat red-ln"own, uniform with the neck. 



Type in the British Museum : (^ ad. Amala River, British 

 East Africa, 18. x. 12. G. P. Cosens coll. Wing 97, 

 culmcn 19, tail 73, tarsus 21 mm. 



Named in honour of Capt. G. P. Cosens. 



a. S ^^' Amala River, 5400 ft. Oct. 18 (the type). 



Total length in flesh : 8g inches. Wing : 97 mm. 



[Irides reddish brown ; bill brownish horn ; legs and toes 

 brownish flesh. This, the only specimen seen, was shot in 

 some tall trees.] 



The resident African Wrynecks do not appear to overlap 

 in their geographical range, and can therefore be arranged 

 subspecificaily as follows : — 



Jynx ruficollis ruficollis. 



Jynx ruficollis Wagl. Nat. Syst. Amph. 1830^ p. 118; 

 Kaffirland. 



As shown by Richmond, Auk, vol. xvii. 1900, p. 179, and 

 subsequently drawn attention to by Hellmayr, Journ. fiir 

 Orn. 1904, p. 307, Wagler's name preoccupies Yunx pccturalis 

 Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 93: Algoa Bay. 



Of this, Yunx indica Gould (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1819, p. 112 : 



