380 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



low twittering note. The birds always appeared to be following a definite course and 

 did not wander aimlessly about. Both in their habits and notes they exactly resembled 

 Alcippe jacksoni Sharpe, from Ruwenzori, but they were never to be met with on the 

 mountains, although found both to the east and west of the range. — B. B. W.~\ 



Turdinus cerviniventris Sharpe. 



Turdinus cerviniventris Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 3 (1901) [Conde, Congo R.]. 



a. 6 . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 21st Sept. [No. 3598. B. B. W.] 



In many specimens of T. cerviniventris the feathers of the throat have indistinct grey 

 shaft-streaks, producing a general greyish appearance. In others the throat is pure 

 white. 1 cannot see that this difference has any connection with either distribution or 

 age. Mr. xVlexander has kindly sent me his fine series for comparison. 



I may here remark that T. reichenowi Sharpe [nomen emend., cf. Hand-1. iv. p. 33 

 (1903)] is a pure synonym of T. cerviniventris, being founded on T. rufiventris Reich, 

 (nee Salvad.) Orn. Monatsb. i. p. 177 (1893), a name given to specimens collected by 

 Dr. G. Zenker in Cameroon. The British Museum possesses two specimens procured 

 by the same collector iu the same locality. These I have compared with the type of 

 T. cerviniventris from the Congo, and there can be no doubt that they belong to one 

 and the same species. 



[A few examples of this Babbler were seen in the Mpanga Forest, Eastern Ruwenzori. 

 Its habits were similar to those of T. fulvescens. — B. B. IF.] 



Turdinus pyrrhopterus (Reichenow & Neumann). 



Turdinus pyrrhopterus Reich. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 733 (1905), 

 Turdinus jacksoni Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 29 (1900) [Nandi]. 



Turdinus pyrrhopterus kivuensis Neumann, Bull. B. 0. < '. xxi. p. 55 (190S) [Mufumbiro 

 Volcanoes] ; Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 60 (1908). 



a-d. 6 ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, C000-9000 ft., 9th-18th Jan. [Nos. 98. 

 B. K. D. ; 1125, 1168. B. C. ■ 3089. B. B. IF.] 



e,f. 6. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6500-8000 ft., 7th & 24th Feb. [Nos. 

 122d, 1267. D. G] 



g, h. d 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 7000-8000 ft., 20th & 22nd March. [Nos. 

 3246, 3250. B. B. IF.] 



i. 6 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 9000 ft., 8th April. [No. 3269. B. B. TF.] 



Iris light brown or reddish-brown ; bill blackish or grey, lighter on the lower 

 mandible ; feet slate-grey or brownish-grey. 



Professor Neumann has separated a specimen from Mt. Sabjingo (Sabyino), Mufumbiro 

 Volcanoes, under the name of T. p. kivuensis on account of its supposed greyer head, 

 and has referred all the Ruwenzori specimens to that subspecies. When, however, 



