1918,] the Birds of the An(/Io-E(/y/)tian Sudan 453 



5. P. M. ciTBRioR Strickland, Contr. Oni, 1852, p. 151 : 

 Kasamanse river, Senegambia. 



Red restricted to the up|)er j)art of the tliroat, iniderparts 

 very pale, belly almost white ; breast-band clear yellow. 



Distr. Senegambia to Kordofan and the lower White 

 Nile at Khartoum. 



Pytelia afra. 



Pytelia afra (Gmel.) : Shelley, B. A. iv. p. 269. 



[B. coll.] 1 Kajo Kaji Apl., 1 south of Kaia river, L.E. 



This bird had previously been obtained in the Kavirondo 

 district of British East Africa, and these examples in 

 Mr. Butler's collection extend its range farther north ; 

 it has also been found in southern Abyssinia. 



Pytelia phcenicoptera emini. 



Pytelia phoenicopter a emim Hartert ; Shelley, B, A. iv. p. 266. 



[B. coll.] 2 Kajo Kaji Mcli. Apl. L.E. 



[Chr. coll.] 2 Yei Nov. L.E. 



We are inclined to believe that Pytelia hypnyrammica and 

 P. lopezi (Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. 1906, p. 124), which 

 exactly correspond to P. p. phimicoptera and P. p. emini as 

 far as subspecific characters and distribution are concerned, 

 will prove to be phases of the same bird. P. lopezi differs 

 only in having the head ved, and P. hypogrammica in having 

 the head red and the wings yellow. P. lopezi, \\ith red wings 

 and red head, is represented only by the type, and if our 

 suggestion is correct, is a rare phase of the adult male, the 

 more common being the yellow-winged phase known as 

 P. htjpogramnnca. It is well known that exactly the same 

 colour-change occurs in the wings of Anapledes melanotis, so 

 that we feel sure that P. lopezi and P. hypoyrammica are 

 colour phases whether distinct from P. phoenicoptera or not. 

 Against this theory is the fact that there are apparently 

 adult males of P. phoenicoptera in the collection without 

 red heads, so that, unlike the other species of Pytelia^ the red 

 would only be assumed as a breeding plumage. We have 

 not sufficient material to do more than make the suggestion, 



