1918.] the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 409 



Range. Southern German East Africa, through Rhodesia 

 and Nyasalaud to the Eastern Belgian Congo. 



It is quite possible that the young of P. mennelli Chubb 

 lack the black ear-coverts and closely resemble this race. 



4. P. G. ELGONENSIS. 



Polinspiza elgonensis O.-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxxi. 1912, 

 p. 17 : Mt. Elgon. 



Similar to P. g. gularis and P. g. reichardi, but with the 

 white throat -patch much less distinctly defined. The young 

 birds rather more finely streaked on the breast. 



Range. Mt. Elgon to the Lado Enclave and southern 

 Bahr el Ghazal, west to N. Nigeria. Birds from the latter 

 locality procured by Alexander are slightly lighter, and are 

 probably intermediate with the next race. 



5. P. G. CANICAPILLA. 



PoHospiza canicapilla Du Bus, Bull. Ac. R. Bruxelles, 

 1855, p. 151 : Senegal. 



We have no specimens of this race, but it would appear to 

 be somewhat smaller than the eastern races — wing 73-75 mm. 

 against 78-85 mm. in P. g. elgonensis — and. also, from 

 Shelley's description of the type (B. Afr. iii. p. 228), distinctly 

 paler underneath. We suspect that the type of P. flegeli 

 Hartert (J. f. O. 1886, p. 583 : Loko, Benne R.) is, like the 

 Alexander birds, intermediate between P. g. elgonensis and 

 P. g. canicapilla. 



Range. Senegal, possibly to Lower Nigeria. 



6. P. G. EllLANGERI. 



PoHospiza er I anger i Reichw. O.M. 1905, p. 146 : Ladscho, 

 Arussi, Gallaland. 



Distinctly darker, and with the streaking above and below 

 broader and more pronounced. 



Range. Abyssinia. 



It may be mentioned that some, it' not all, of these races 

 breed while still in the striped plumage. Major Christy 

 jjrocured birds in the Lado Enclave of which two were in 

 the plain adult dress, two in the juvenile streaked dress, and 

 one somewhat intermediate. 



