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reason given above, and also because in the original description of C. si mills the sides 

 of the face and ear-coverts are said to be of the same brownish-green colour as the 

 upperparts, whereas in C. kenya those parts are washed with yellow. It will be 

 necessary to compare typical examples of both forms before a definite conclusion can 

 be arrived at. The shape of the wing varies in different individuals, and too much 

 reliance cannot be placed on it. In the present series the 3rd primary-quill is some- 

 times equal in length to the 8th and sometimes to the 9th quill. 



Immature birds (Nos. 1287 & 2213) differ from the adults in having the upperparts 

 brownish-olive instead of dark greenish-olive, and the underparts paler yellow, the 

 chest and flanks being tinged with cinnamon. 



C. kenya. 



1 $ (type of the species). Kenya. Wing 2 - 3 inches. 



2 3 • Kikuyu Escarpment. Wing 2'35 and 2"45 inches. 

 5 (J . E. Ruwenzori. Wing 2 - 3-2'45 inches. 



3f. „ „ 2-25-2-3 inches. 



C. similis. 

 1 ? (type of the species). Kilimanjaro. Wing 2 - 15 inches. 



[The Kenya Yellow Flycatcher was met with on Ruwenzori from an altitude of 

 7000 to 10,000 ft. It was most plentiful in the swampy parts of the valleys from 90U0 

 to 10,000 ft., usually keeping to the dense undergrowth. It has a short and very low 

 but extremely musical song, which is most often to be heard late in the evening. — 

 i?. B. W.] 



Ciiloropeta massaica Fischer & Reichenow. 



Chloropeta natalensis massaica Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 465 (1903). 

 Ciiloropeta natalensis umbriniceps Neumann; Reich, t. c. p. 465. 



Chloropeta massaica Jackson, Ibis, 1901, p. 91 [Nandi] ; Grant, Bull. B. O. C. six. p. 32 

 (1906); id. Ibis, 1908, p. 307 [Lake Kivu], 



a. 6 num. 140 miles W. of Entebbe, 4200 ft., 10th Dec. [No. 10-34. I). C] 



b. 9 . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 21st Sept. [No. 551. if*. E. I).] 



c. 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 18th March. [No. 1371. I). C] 



d. 2 . Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori, 4000 ft.. 28th July. [No. 2438. G. L.] 



, . 6 . 60 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3500 ft., 16th Aug. [No. 1786. 

 J). C] 



Iris dark hazel ; upper mandible black, lower brown ; feet varying from dark grey 

 to blackish. 



A quite young bird (No. 1054) has the upperparts browner than in the adult, the 

 pale edges of the quills much wider and of a rufous-yellow colour, and the under- 

 parts. especially the chest, sides, and flanks, washed with cinnamon-buff. 



