244 PARUS THRUPPI. 



Adult. Similar to P. afer, but differs in having the pale sides of the head 

 grey, uniform in colour to the back and breast, and in having the black of 

 the head extending back to the grey mantle, with no white on the nape ; 

 thighs, as well as the under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts white. Bill 

 black; iris brown; legs grey. Total length 5-2 inches, wing, 3-15, tail 2-35. 



The Grey-cheeked Cole Tit inhabits East Africa. 



All that is known to me with regard to the occurrence of 

 this species is that Bohm procured two specimens in February 

 at Kakoma during his travels between Zanzibar and Lake 

 Tanjanyika. 



Parus thruppi. 



Parus thruppi, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 406, pi. 11, fig. 2 Somali ; James, 

 Unkn. Horn. Afr. p. 295, pi. 6, fig. 2 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 476 

 Somali; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 126 (1896); Elliot, Field Columb. 

 Mus. Orn. i. No. 2, p. 41 (1897) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 67 Somali. 



Parus barakae, Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 639 Njenvps. 



Adult. Forehead, lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, and back of neck white ; 

 crown, sides of neck, throat, and centre of breast glossy black ; chin mottled 

 with white ; back, scapulars, and least series of wing-coverts ashy grey ; 

 remainder of wings black, with broad white edges to the feathers, broadest 

 on the inner secondaries, median and greater wing-coverts ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail black, the latter with white margins to some of the outer feathers, 

 and narrow white tips to the remainder ; breast, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts sandy buff shading into ashy grey on the sides of the body ; under 

 surface of quill brown with pale inner margins ; under wing-coverts white. 

 Bill black ; iris dark brown ; legs slate colour. Total length 4-65 and 4-3 

 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-45, tail 2 and 1-9, tarsus CV7. Male and female 

 alike in plumage. Somali (L. Phillips) ; wing 2-65, <?, 17. 11. 97 Haragogara 

 (Hawker). 



Type of P. barakce. Similar to the type of P. thruppi, but with only a 

 narrow partial white margin separating the black of the head from the 

 mantle. Total length 4-9, culmen 0-4, wing 2-7, tail 2, tarsus 0-7. <7 , 26. 9. 90 

 (Jackson). 



The Somali Cole Tit is a native of Somaliland and British 

 East Africa. 



