W. E. OGILVIE-GBANT — AVES. 375 



d. 6 . 20 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 11th Aug. [No. 1772. 

 B.C.] 



This species is most nearly allied to A. castanonota Sharpe, but has the upper- 

 parts darker and of a more reddish-brown colour, instead of bright chestnut, the 

 throat pure white, the chest and sides brownish-buff, and the middle of the breast 

 and belly white. Iris dark hazel or chocolate ; bill black ; feet pale brown. 

 6 . Total length 6*0 inches ; wing 3*5 ; tail 215 ; tarsus 1*05. 



There are two female examples of this species from Toro in Mr. Jackson's collection. 

 2 . Total length 6*0 inches ; wing 3-4 ; tail 2*25 ; tarsus 105. 



[Carruthers's Robin-Chat was decidedly a rare bird. A few examples were met with 

 in the Eturi Forest and in the Mpanga Forest to the east of Ruwenzori.— R. B. W.] 



Pratincola rubetea (Linn.). 

 Pratincola rubetra Reich. V6g. Afr. iii. p. 731 (1905) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 545. 



a, b. 2 et 2 imm. 40 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 27th Nov. [Nos. 12. R. E. J). ; 

 3012. R. B. W.] 



c-g. 6 2 et 6 imm. 90-150 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 4th-llth Dec. [Nos. 

 36. R. E. D. ; 2019. G. L. ; 3028, 3037, 3054. R. B. W.] 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



[The Whinchat was seen during the march from Entebbe and in the Toro district.— 



R. B. W.] 



Pratincola salax Verr. 



Pratincola salax Verreaux, Rev. Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 307 [Gaboon] ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. 

 p. 733 (1905). 



Pratincola axillaris Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556 [Kilimanjaro : type examined]. 



Pratincola salax pallidigula Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 734 (1905) [Buea, Cameroon]. 

 a. 6 . 12 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 24th Nov. [No. 3001. R. B. W.] 

 b,c. 6 . 120-150 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 8th & 11th Dec. [Nos. 3045, 3055. 



R. B. W.] 



d-f. c? 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., lst-19th Jan. [Nos. 60. 



R. E. 1). ; 2053, 2098. G. L.] 



g, h. J 2 • Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 20th Feb. [Nos. 1247, 1248. 



L.C.-] 



i. 6 . Mubuku VaUey, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 19th March. [No. 1383. I). C] 



Iris dark hazel or dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



The chestnut band across the chest, bordering the black neck, varies greatly in extent 

 in different individuals, quite irrespective of season. In most specimens it is well 

 defined and about half an inch in width, but in some it is much reduced or represented 



