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52. ICTEROPSIS PELZELNI. 



Icteropsis pelzebii (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 410 (1890). 



Pluceus pelzeini Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 44 (Victoria 

 Nyanza) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 179 (1894). 



Sitagra pelzeini Shelley, B. Africa, i p. 38 (1896). 



a,b. S; c. ? ad. Ntebi, April 25, 1895. Bill black ; iris 

 dark grey ; feet horn-blue. 



d. ? juv. Ntebi, April 25, 1895. Bill dark hora-colour, 

 nearly black. 



53. Anaplectes melanotis. 



Anaplectes melanotis (Lafr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 413 (1890) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, 

 p. 183, fig. 84 (1894). 



No. 8. 6. Mt. Maungu, Teita, Dec. 31, 1891. Bill dull 

 carmine ; iris brown ; feet flesh-colour. This bird is decidedly 

 scarce, and I have seen it in Teita only on two or three 

 occasions, and then only single specimens. 



No. 286. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 18, 1896. Iris 

 brown; bill orange-red ; feet bluish flesh-colour. 



No. 340. S j^^v. Kamassia, 6500 feet, Aug. 24, 1896. 

 Iris crimson-brown ; bill pale orange; feet pale horn-blue. 

 Scarce. 



[The young male differs from the adult in having the head 

 a-hy brown like the back, with a few red feathers here and 

 there. The sides of the face and the ear- coverts are ashy 

 brown, with a few black feathers intermingled ; and the 

 under surface of the body is white, more ashy on the throat 

 and chest, which show a few rose-coloured feathers, and 

 there is a little black developing on the chin. From this 

 specimen it would appear that the absence of black on the 

 chin is a sign of immaturity. Dr. Reichenow's figure (/. c.) 

 lacks the black on the throat, which one would expect to be 

 an oversight on the part of the artist, as the bird figured is 

 evidently perfectly adult. — R. B. S.] 



54. Heterhyphantes reichenowi. 



Heterhyphantes reichenowi (Fischer) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891 , 

 p. 253 (Save, Mt. Elgon; Elgeyu; Kikuyu). 



