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Pogonorhynchus stigmatothorax , Shelley, P. Z. S, 1889, 

 p. 357 (Useri River). 

 No. 3. S • Butzsuma, Teita, Dec. 3, 1888. 



179. Gymnobucco cinereiceps. 



Gymnobucco cinereiceps, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 122. 

 No. 305. ? . Mount Elgou, Feb. 24, 1890.— Iris creamy 



yellow; feet and bill dusky black. Plentiful. 

 Nos. 306, 307. Mount Elgon, Feb. 24, 1890. 



180. Barbatula leucomystax, sp. n. 



B. siniilis B. simplici, F. & R., sed fascia lata mystacali alba 

 distinguenda. Long. tot. 3'8, culm. 0*4, alee 2'1, caudse 

 1*25, tarsi 0'6. 



No. 73. S • Sotik, Oct. 3, 1889.— Iris brown. Very plen- 

 tiful in the Mau forest, where it is constantly heard, but 

 seldom seen. 



181. Trachyphonus elgonensis. 

 Trachijphonus elgonensis, Sharpe, Ibis^ 1891, p. 122. 



No. 298. (J. Mount Elgon, Feb. 23, 1890.— Iris crimson; 

 feet dusky horn-brown; bill and bare skin round eye 

 bright yellow. In thick forest. Call like the first note 

 of a Cuckoo — viz., coo-coo-coo. 



Nos. 320, 321. Mount Elgon, Feb. 25, 1890. 



182. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus. 

 Trachyphonus erythrocephalus, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, j). 218, 



taf. 2. figs. 1, 2; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 291 (Taveta) ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1889, p. 357 (Taveta ; Kilimanjaro) ; id. Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xix. p. 102 (1891). 

 No. 30. ? . On march to Kikumbuliu, Ukambani, Dec. 22, 



1888. 

 No. 53. S • Kitina, Jan. 21, 1889. 



Plentiful at Ulu in Ukambani (c/. Jackson, Ibis, 1889, 

 p. 584). 



The female of this species differs from the male in having 

 the spots on the upper surface tinged with reddish, in want- 

 ing the median streak of black down the centre of the throat, 

 but more especially in the colour of the crown, which is not 

 black, as in the male, but is vermilion, with black tips to the 



