1918.] the Birds of the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan. 673 



E. e. elegans (Heugl.), with pale grey head and a paler 



back and underside. Sennar. 

 E. e. abyssinica Bannerman, with the head more dusky 



and the back darker washed with greenish ; under- 



parts as in E. e. elegans. S. Abyssinia. 

 E. e. canescens Ant. ; head of a grey intermediate between 



that of the other two, a bright yellow back without 



greenish, and a very bright yellow underside. Upper 



White Nile westwards to Shari river. 



Eremomela caniceps. 



Eremomela caniceps Cassin, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, 

 p. 38 : Gamma river, Graboon ; Reichw. V. A. iii. p. 638. 



[Chr. coll.] 1 Tembura Apl. B.G. 



This bird is new to the Sudan and the Bahr el Ghazal, 

 but it was obtained at Magungo on Lake Albert by Eniin, 

 and by Alexander on the Bamingui river, a tributary of the 

 Shari, in French Congo. 



Eremomela flaviventris griseoflava. 



Eremoi/iela griseojiava Heuglin, J. f. O. 1862, p. 40 : 

 Bogosland. 



[C. & L. coll.] 3 Sinkat Mch. R.S. ; 2 Karaisa Dec, 

 2 Singa Dec, 1 Sennar Jan. Sen. 



Eremomela flaviventris alexanderi, subsp. n. i_ 



[B. coll.] 2 Bara Apl., 1 Um Bosha May, Kor. 



[C. & L. coll.]. 1 Hassania Island Jan., 1 Jebelein Jan. 

 U.N. 



These birds, together with some others collected by 

 Boyd Alexander near Lake Chad, are much paler than 

 the birds from Sennar, Bogosland, and Abyssinia, and 

 must be considered a distinct race. The back is a much 

 paler shade of brown, and the lower part of the back faintly 

 but distinctly washed with yellowish, which becomes in 

 some cases quite a marked feature on the rump itself ; this 



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