NO. nil. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBKRIIOLSER. 877 



HYPHANTORNIS JACKSONI (Shelley). 



PloceiiK jackscmi Shelley, Il)is, 1888, p. 293, pi. vii (Taveta, British East Africa"). 



Three adult males and one female, all from Taveta. The male.s of 

 this species ma}^ ])e readily distinguished from those of Ihjpliiititoi'nh 

 iJiihldintux Salvadori, its nearest ally, by the much greater posterior 

 extent of the chestnut on the lower surface. The female resembles 

 that of Ibiplianiornh cahanisu^ ])ut the upper parts, including the 

 wings and tail, are more yellowish, the dusk}' centers of the feathers 

 less conspicuous; the wings are lighter brown, with edgings broader, 

 those of the superior coverts, secondaries, and tertials l)eing olive 

 yellow, like the color of the back, instead of very pale yellowish, these 

 ditferences combining to impart to the wings a more uniform appear- 

 ance; throat, breast, and sides of head more deeply suffused with 

 yellow; under wing-coverts and broad inner margins of the wing-(|uills 

 rich yellow instead of brownish or yellowish white; feet flesh color 

 instead of dusky. 



HYPHANTORNIS NIGRICEPS Layard. 



Hijphdntornis nifjriceps L.vyard, Birds S. Africa, 1867, p. 180(Kuruman, Bechuana 

 Land, South Africa). 



Five specimens (three males, two females), from Taveta.^' ""Iris 

 (of male) red.'' 



HYPHANTORNIS BOJERI Cabanis. 



Hijpluniforuis hojeri Cabanis, von der Decken's Reisen, III, 1869, p. 32 (Hart- 

 laul) and Finsch, manuscript) (Mombasa, British East Africa). 



Three specimens, from Taveta, collected in March, 1888. An 

 immature male differs from the adult of the same sex in having the 

 cheeks, auriculars, throat, and remainder of the lower parts almost 

 uniform yellow, without any decided orange tinge; the upper parts 

 from forehead to tail, including the wings, darker, duller, and more 

 greenish; the head concolor with the l)ack; the bill dull brown. A 

 female that is possibly immature is olive brown above, with a mixture 

 of yellowish and olive green, the back streaked broadly with darker 

 brown, yellowish, and buff'; tail greenish olive, edged with yellowish; 

 wings sepia, margined with yellow and olive green; a yellow super- 

 ciliary stripe; lores dark brown; sides of head and neck mixed yellow- 

 ish and brownish; lower surface pale 3'ellow, rather darker and duller 

 across the breast, somewhat paler on the abdomen; lining of wing 

 pale yellow; maxilla dark brown; mandible yellowish white. 



«This is the type locality as given by Captain Shelley in the original description 

 which occurs in the account of a collection made by Mr. F. J. Jackson in the vicinity 

 of Mount Kilimanjaro; and the collector says that the only specimen was brought 

 to him l>y a little Taveta boy. Doctor Sharpe, however ( (Jat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, 

 1890, p. 459), gives Manda Island as the type locality. 



''Two are without data, but are presumably from this locality. 

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