BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OB Eli IK iLS III:. S()3 



liiipt' dii Senegur' of Ui'issoii;" of which (iinclitrs CoHkk soK^i/aloi.^/s^'' 

 hiisrd j)rijnaril3' on Mk^ sjunc description and liouro, is of course a 

 pure s^Mionyni. Neiunann g'ives no cliaracters to distini>uish from 

 tyi)ical nidcronfiis of western Africa tlu^ form which he calls jnilc/wr, 

 as a consequence of which the status of this race must for the })n>sent 

 be held in ahe^-ance. The sut)species from Abyssinia is thus left 

 without a name, and should it prove sufficiently different, as Neumann 

 asserts, by reason of its paler head, yellowish forehead, and lack of 

 bluish wash on the crown, it may be known as Urocofiuis niacrowrus 

 •si/n tactics. 



There seems to be excellent reason for recognizing- at least two 

 genera of Coliida% instead of the single one currently considered 

 coextensive with the family. The two species, 'nmcroiirKs and ituUcus: 

 {=-erytkromel<>n Authors), including of course their various sub- 

 species, are both very much in contrast to all the others by reason of 

 their peculiar, narrow tail-feathers, comparatively long outermost 

 primary, red basal portion of the maxilla, and other details of colora- 

 tion. The type of CoUus^' is 0. colhis, so that this name must be 

 restricted to the broad-tailed species; while for the others the term 



The following forms of Zh'ocoUus seem to be recognizable: 



Urocolhis macrourus macroitrii.'i (Linn.eus) . 

 Urocolius macrourus syntactus Obekholsek. 

 Ih-ocolitis indicus indicus (Latham). 

 Urocolius indicus mossambicus (IIriciiexow). 

 Urocolius indicus lacteifrons (Shakpe). 

 Urocolius indicus paUidus CRkwhesow). 

 Urocolius indicus angolensis (Reuukxow) . 



Family TROGONTID^E. 



APALODERMA NARINA NARINA (Stephens). 



Troyon narina Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool., IX, 1S15, p. 14 (Caffraria; Aute- 

 niquoi country to the Gamtoo River [type locality, Katlir Land]). 



One adult male, taken at Taveta, -fuly 6, 18SS. 



HETEROTROGON VITTATUS (Shelley). 



Ilapalodrrnvi nltatHin Shelley, I'roc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1882, p. 306 (Mamlxiid, 



German East Africa). 



Four specimens of this rare trogon were collected by Doctor Abbott 



on :\lount Kilimanjaro, at altitudes of 6,000 and 7,<)00 feet. Two of 



these are females and have been already fidly described by Dr. Charles 



W. Richmond.' 



" Colius senegalensis a'istatus']i^TlSSO\\, Ornith., Ill, 1760, p. 306, pi. xvi, tig. 3. 

 ''Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1788, p. 842. 

 ^Brisson, Ornith., Ill, 1760, p. 304. 

 '^Bonaparte, Consp. Volucr. Anisod., 1854, p. 3. 

 ^Proc. U. S. Nat. .Mns., XVII, 189r>, pp. 602-603. 



