in Uganda and on the Upper Congo. 301 



No. 50J:8. a. ? . Mfumbiro Volcanoes, 7000 ft., 24th 

 Nov. 



Iris dark hazel ; upper mandible black, lower mandible 

 grey ; feet grey. 



The female procured on Mfumbiro is in somewhat worn 

 and faded plumage. I have compared it with a large series 

 of twenty specimens (including the type) from Ruwenzori, 

 killed in January, February, and March, and it agrees very 

 closely with a female procured on the 9th of January. With 

 the exception of the latter specimen, all the Ruwenzori birds 

 are in rather fresher and brighter plumage. 



[This species was found on the volcanoes, where the 

 vegetation w'as similar to that met Avith on Ruwenzori at 

 8000 ft.— D. C] 



Crateropus tanganjic^ Reichenow. 

 Crateropus tanyanjica Reich, iii. p. 663 (1905). 

 No. 5] 10. a. ?. North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 2800. 

 ft., 29th Dec. 



Iris orange ; bill black ; feet grey. 



Crateropus carruthersi Grant. 



Crateropus tamjanjicce Shelley {nee Reich.), Ibis, 1901, 

 pp. 165, 170. 



Crateropus carruthersi Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 106 

 (1907). 



No. 5150. a. cJ . East of Kasongo, Upper Congo, 2500 

 ft., 8th Jan. {Type of the species.) 



Iris orange ; bill black ; feet brown. 



This Babbling-Thrush is most nearly allied to C. tanyan- 

 jicce Reich., but the feathers of the nape and upper mantle 

 are uniform reddish-brown without dark middles, there are 

 no distinct narrow dusky cross-bars on the feathers of the 

 back, and only the chin is black. In C. tanganjicce the 

 black extends over the whole throat, and only the sharp- 

 pointed tips of the feathers are white. The wing measures 

 4-1 inches, the tail 4*3, and the tarsus 1*4. 



There is a second example of this species in the British 

 Museum. It is also a male and was sent from Mambwe, 



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