1918.] the Birds of the Anglo- Egyptian Sudani. 669 



races, the underside being a very warm rufous. Wing 

 58-63 ram. 



Range. Western British East Africa, north to Lake Zwai 

 in south Abyssinia, south to the Usangu district of German 

 East Africa. 



In the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Ivi. 1911, 

 No. 20, p. 11, Mearus describes a race from Fort Hall as 

 S. w. loringi. We have no specimens from Fort Hall itself, 

 but two specimens from the Athi river in the close vicinity 

 are indeed somewhat paler than typical specimens of 

 S. w. jacksoni. This is only to be expected as Fort Hall 

 is a place where the desert fauna would naturally meet 

 with the highland fauna and an intermediate form be thus 

 produced. 



Another race, S. w. abayensis, was also described by 

 Mearns (Smithson. Misc. Coll. Ixi. 1913, No. 20, p. 4) from 

 Lake Abaya. We have a series collected by Zaphiro from 

 near that locality and can in no way distinguish them from 

 typical S. w. jacksoni. 



III. '' Brachyura^' group. 



1. Sylvietta brack yura brachyura. 



Sylvietta brachyura Lafres. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 258 : 

 Senegarabia. 



A very good description of this bird is given by Lafres- 

 naye. A grey stripe through the eye, eyebrow and chin 

 pale rufous, in some cases almost white ; underside rufous 

 with, as a rule, a well-marked white patch in the middle of 

 the abdomen. Size small; wing 52-56 mm. 



Range. Senegambia to N. Nigeria (Lake Chad). 



2. Sylvietta brachyura carnapi. 



Sylviella carnapi Reichw. O. M. 1900, p. 22 : Eastern 

 Cameroon. 



1 Sylviella olivics Alex. Bull. B, O. C. xxiii. 1909, p. 16: 

 Bamingui river. 



