in Uganda and on the Upper Congo. 313 



CyPSELUS iEQUATORIALIS V. Milll. 



Cypselus aguatorialis Grant & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 671. 



Apus cequaturialis Reich, ii. p. 379 (1902). 



? Apus reichenowi Neumann, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. no. cxi. 

 p. 57 (1908). 



No. 5106. a. ? . North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 2800 ft., 28th Dec. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



This specimen is of great interest. The breast and belly 

 are in worn rusty plumage and of a nearly uniform sooty- 

 brown colour, with scarcely a trace of the white margin and 

 black subterminal band characteristic of each feather of the 

 underparts in freshly moulted examples of C. (equatorialis. 

 Among the worn plumage, however, numerous new feathers, 

 with the blackish subterminal band and distinct white tip, 

 are making their appearance. 



Professor Neumann has recently described as new, under 

 the name of Apus reichenoivi, a Swift which must closely 

 resemble this worn specimen of C. cequatorialis, and may 

 prove to be a faded example of that species. It is said to 

 have the underparts, below the white throat, uniform sooty- 

 brown, and to live " side by side with A. aquatorialis and 

 other Swifts " which inhabit the mountains of Masailand. 



V Cypselus streubeli Hartl. 



Apus streubeli Reich, ii. p. 381 (1902). 



No. 5005. a. S- South-west Uganda, 4000 ft., 26th 

 Sept. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



This specimen belongs to the smaller race of C. caffer 

 Licht. The wing measures 5'35 inches ( = 137 mm.). 



Mr. Carruthers found the species breeding. 



Lophoceros fasciatus (Shaw). 



Lophoceros fasciatus Reich, ii. p. 248 (1902). 



No. 5202. a. S • Below Kasongo, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 12th Feb. 



Iris dark brown ; bill red and pale yellow ; feet dark 

 brown. 



