698 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 



a, b. 2 . Mombasa, Aug. and Oct. 1900. (Nos. 5 & 28.) 



Iris hazel. 



The British Museum possesses examples of this brown- 

 backed species from the Shebeli River in Southern Somali- 

 land (whence came the type-specimen of P. pauper Sharpe), 

 the Omo River in South-western Abyssinia, Gwasa Nyro 

 (British East Africa), and Dar-es-Salaam on the coast of 

 German East Africa. The last-named locality appears to be 

 its southern limit. The type of P. strepitans was procured 

 at Malindi. To the south P.suahelicus is found, and, accord- 

 ing to Dr. Reichenow, ranges from the Pangani River to the 

 Rufiji River in German East Africa. The British Museum 

 possesses specimens of this olive-backed species from the 

 Rovuma River and from Nyasaland. 



85. Andropadus eugenius Reich. 

 Andropadus latirostris eugenius Reich, iii. p. 415. 



a, b. Kikuyu Forest, 24th April to 30th Jan., 1902. 

 (Nos. 267 & 354.) 



The stripes on the sides of the throat appear to be wider 

 and of a brighter yellow in the male than in the female. 

 Mr. Percival failed to ascertain the sex of the two speci- 

 mens mentioned above, but they are probably male and 

 female, as indicated by the markings on the throat. 



[These birds are not rare, but keep to the thick bubh and 

 are consequently hard to procure. — A. B. P.] 



86. Andropadus insularis Hartl. 

 Andropadus insularis Reich, iii. p. 48. 

 a, b. Takaungu. 



Dr. Reichenow (op. cit) has referred A. favescens Hartl. 

 to the synonymy of A. insularis Hartl., and distinguishes 

 the present yellower form (from Malindi and Zanzibar) under 

 the trinomial "A. i. subalaris." The allied form A.flavescens 

 Hartl., described from Zanzibar, differs from the present in 

 having the under wing-coverts bright golden yellow, while 

 the belly is also of a somewhat brighter yellow. 



[Common in the thickest bush. It is a noisy bird. — 

 A. B. P.] 



