collected ill Uganda and British East Africa. 425 



Uraeginthus bengalus ugandsB. 

 ■ Uraeginthus bengalus Uganda Zedlitz, J. Ornith. lix. 1911, 

 p. 606 : Entebbe, Uganda. 



$ 1-3. 5.iv. 11; 5.iv. 11^ 25.ii.09. 



? 1-4. 17.ii.09; 16.ii.09; l.iv.l2; l.iv. 12. 



The females have the blue of the lores extending over the 

 eyes, side of head, and ear-coverts; the chin and throat are 

 also blue. The males can hardly be distinguished from the 

 British' East African subspecies. 



Localilies. Kyetema, Jinja, and Kiriba's Camp, in 

 Uganda. 



Urseginthus bengalus brunneigularis. 



Urcegintkus bengalus brunneigularis Atearns, Smithson.Misc. 

 Coll. Washington, Ivi. no. 20, 1911, p. 6 : British East Africa. 



S 1-4. 6. vii. 13 ; 14. ii. 14 ; 7. vi. 14 ; 7. vi. 14. 

 ? 1-3. 14.ii. 14; 6. vii. 13; 7.vi. 14. 



These females differ from the preceding in having the 

 throat, the ear-coverts, sides of head, and lores brown like 

 the mantle. The blue of the under surface is confined 

 to the crop, breast, and flanks. 



One male has practically the whole of the underside 

 bright rich blue, there being merely the faintest indication 

 of buff on the middle of the abdomen, and the under tail- 

 coverts are blue. 



Localities. Kisumu and Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Uraeginthus roosevelti. 



Granatina ianthinogastra roosevelti M earns, Smithson. 

 Misc. Coll. Washington, Ixi. no. 9, 1913, p. 3: Sotik distr., 

 B. E. Africa. 



c? 1-3. 6. vii. 12 ; 6. vii. 12; 7. vii. 12. 



? 1-2. 6. vii. 12. 



Mearns has described this species at some length in his 

 paper on the Roosevelt collection. The female differs from 

 female U. ianthinogastra Beichw. in having the superciliary 

 stripe and cheeks blue, not lilac. This difference is constant. 



Localities. Kisumu and Kauo, in Kavirondo, British East 

 Africa. 



