672 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Sylvietta rufescens ochrocara Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. 



Coll. xlvii. 1905, p. 373 : Damaraland, is probably 



identical with S. r. rufescens. 

 Sylvietta whytei pallidiur Grote, O. M. 1911, p. 13 : 



Mikandini, Germ. B. Afr., is, according to Zedlitz, 



an abnormally coloured S. whytii. 

 Sylviella chubbi O.-Grant, S. batesi Sharpe, S. denti 



O. -Grant, S. hardyi Bannerraan, S. neumanni Roths., 



all belong to an entirely different section of the genus. 



Eremomela elegans elegans. 



Ficedula ekyans Heuglin, S.B. Akad. Wien, xix. 1856, 

 p. 275 : " Kollaland," i. e. Sennar on the Al)yssinian border 

 [nom. nud.]. 



Eremomela elegans Heuglin, J. f. O. 1864, p. 259 ; 

 Reichw. V. A. iii. p. 638. 



[B. coll.] 3 Roseires July Sept. Sen. 



Eremomela elegans canescens. 



Eremomela canescens Antinori, Cat. Coll. Ucc. ISG^, 

 p. 38 : Djur river, B.G. 



Eremomela elegans apud Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 228, 1909, 

 p. 81. 



[B. coll.] 1 Dug Dug Jan., 1 Chak Chak Feb., 1 Wau 

 Mch. B.G. ; 2 Mongalla ; 2 Kajo Kaji Mch. L E. 



[Chr. coll.] 3 Meridi Jan., 2 Mt. Baginzi Mch., 1 Tem- 

 bura Apl. B.G. ; 3 Yei Nov. Dec. L.E. 



The birds from Sennar are ranch paler than those from 

 the south both as regards the yellow oF the back and under- 

 parts and the grey of the head, and as they are practically 

 topotypes of Heuglin's species, we identify them with the 

 typical race. 



The birds from Mongalla and the Bahr el Ghazal are very 

 close to the southern Abyssinian bird named E. e. abyssinica 

 by Bannerman, though in the original description a com- 

 parison was made with birds from the upper Nile as there 

 were no examples of the typical race in the Museum at 

 the time. The three forms are therefore : — 



