N(.. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 



895 



The two adult males measure as follows: 



LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHA Brehm. 



lAiscinia megarln/ucho.'< Ukehm, Handb. Naturg. Vug. DentHchl., 1831, p. 356 



(Germany). 

 Ikmlias luscinm AuTnoKS (not Linnfeus). 

 AMoii virgarhy)icJt(iSu\RPR, Hand-List Gen. and Spei-. Birds, IV, 1903, p. 153. 



One adult female, from Mount Kilimanjaro, at r),()00feet, November 

 23,1889. "Iris brown; feet dark brownish tiesh color. Length 178 

 mm." 



Dr. C. W. Richmond has called the writer's attention to the fact 

 that the generic name A<'do)i Forster, " recently employed for this 

 group, is posterior to Luschila, Forster, '^ and the latter should there- 

 fore be adopted — a return to the name so imu-h used for the group, 

 and a fortunate circumstance if change must be made in this much- 

 changed genus. 



CICHLADUSA GUTTATA RUFIPENNIS (Sharpe). 



Cichkulaxd riifipi'iinlx Shakpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, XII, Ii>Ul, p. 35 (Laniu, 

 British East Africa). 



One adult male from Kahe, taken ►September 5, 1888. In its reduced 

 size (wing 81 mm.) this specimen agrees with Doctor Sharpens CIchladusa 

 rujipennis which is undou))tedly not more than a subspecies of Cwhla- 

 dnsa guttata^ and a form whose characters are apparentl}' so slight 

 that without specimens for comparison a satisfactory determination is 

 necessarily difficult. Possibly, however, all the ])irds from east and 

 south of A' ictoria N3'anza ought to be referred to CicJiladnmi guttata 

 raji.penms. 



This genus appears to be much more properly placed in the Turdidaj, 

 as recently done by Doctor Sharpe,'' than in the Timaliida;, as ordi- 

 naril}' treated bv authors, for its tarsi are conspicuously booted. 



PRATINCOLA AXILLARIS Shelley. 



Prat'mcola axillaris Shelley, Pror. Zool. ,Soc. Loud., 1884, p. 556 (Mount Kili- 

 manjaro, East Africa). 



Twelve specimens, from Mount Kilimanjaro, at 5,000, 8,000, and 

 10,000 feet. Freshly molted specimens taken in April have much 



"Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, 1817, p. 53 (type, Sylvia luscinia Forster, not Linnieus). 

 t> Idem, p. 14 (type, Luscinia ahloii Forster^Sykia luscinia Forster [not Lin- 

 naeus] =7>?t.scmza megarhynchos Brelun). 



'Hand-List Gen. and Spec. Birds, 1\', 1903, p. 166. 



