472 Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 



type locality incorrectly given as Afghanistan, seeing that 

 the description fits the South African bird exactly) also 

 becomes a synonym. 



Size smaller, wing 95-90 mm. 



Range. South Africa generally as far north as the north- 

 eastern Transvaal and west to the Congo mouth, winch 

 probably constitutes its most nortliern range. 



The dated specimens in the British Museum collection 

 give the following months : April, May, June, August, 

 November, and December, which does not altogether point 

 to this race only wintering in South Africa (c/. Ibis, 1911, 

 p. 727, wliere my notes refer to one district only, viz. the 

 north-eastern Transvaal). 



JyNX RUFICOLLIS .EQUATORIALIS. 



Ii/nx (Bquatorialis Riipp. Mus. Senck. vol. iii. 1842, p. 121 : 

 southern province of Abyssinia. 



Size smaller ; red-brown extends down the flanks and 

 joins up with the under tail-coverts. Wing 9i-90 mm. 



Range. Abyssinia. 



JyNX RUFICOLLIS PULCHRICOLLIS. 



lynw pulchricollis Hartl. Ibis, 1884-, p. 28, pi. iii. : Barbira : 

 Upper White Nile. 



Size smaller ; throat barred and not red-brown. Wing 

 given as 94 mm. This race is not represented in the British 

 Museum collection. 



Range. Upper Nile and Bahr-el-Ghazal. 



JyNX RUFICOLLIS THORBECKI. 



lynx thorbecki Reichw. Orn. Monatsb. 1912, p. 126 : 

 Kamerun. 



No measurements given, but is said to differ from J. r. 

 pulchricollis by its larger bill, ground-colour of upperside 

 more red-brown ; below, broader stripes, and there is also 

 some difference in the red-brown of the neck. This race is 

 not represented in the British Museum collection. 



Range. Cameroon. 



Jynx RUFICOLLIS cosENsi C. Grant, op. cit. 

 Size larger; wing 101-94 mm. Characters as given above 

 in the description. 



