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This Plautaiu-eater appears to us to be sufficiently distinct 

 from the West African form to merit specific distinction. 



Family Trogonid^. 



Apaloderma narina narina. 



Trogoii narina Stephens in Shaw's Gen, Zool. ix. 1815, 

 p. 14 : Knysna. 



Apaloderma narina narina (Steph.) ; V. Grant, Ibis, 1915, 

 p. 406. 



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



A rare bird found at Roseires in the rainy season and 

 also observed at Kajo Kaji, L.E. {A.. L. B.) ; Heuglin 

 records it from Fazogli, Sen. 



Family C-oliid^. 



Colius striatus leucotis. 



Colius leucotis Ruppell, Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 42, pi. 2 : 

 Taraben, N. Abyssinia; Reichw. V. A. ii. p. 204 part ; 

 Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 356. 



[B. coll. ] 1 Setit river May, Kas. ; 2 Roseires Aug. & 

 Sept. Sen. 



This race is confined to northern Abyssinia. Eritrea, and 

 the adjacent part of the Sudan. 



Colius striatus erlangeri. 



Colius striatus erlangeri Zedlitz, O. M. 1910, p. 58, and 

 J. f. O. 1910, p. 756, pi. 10 : Adis Ababa. 



Colius striatus jebelensis Mearns, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 xlviii. 1915, p. 394 : Gondokoro. 



[B. coll.] 3 Abu Kika May, 3 Mongalla, 2 Bor, 1 Shambe 

 " summer," Mon. 



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



We cannot agree with Claude Grant in his review of the 

 races of this species in ' The Ibis,' 1915, p. 402. We consider 

 that on our present material we must admit the validity of both 

 this race from south-western Abyssinia, and of C. s. hilgerti 

 from central and eastern Abyssinia. The present race differs 



