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I cannot distinguish the Ruwenzori birds, which have been named T. baraka, from 

 typical T. ahyssinicus. Dr. Shavpe, in a note in Mr. Jackson's paper in ' The Ibis ' for 

 1906, states that he has arrived at the same conclusion. 



[The Abyssinian Thrush has the widest range of any bird on Ruwenzori ; it was 

 found in the hot tropical valleys at 6000 ft., almost side by side with its near relative 

 T. centralis of the plains, and was also met with all the way up the mountains to the 

 snow-line. One was actually shot on the Mubuku glacier, but unfortunately it fell 

 down a crevasse and was lost. The species was plentiful at 10,0 ft., and quite 

 a number were seen between 12,000 and 13,000 ft. An old nest was found at 

 an altitude of 11,500 ft. ; it was placed in the fork of a tree-heath. This species 

 certainly breeds on Ruwenzori up to an altitude of 12,500 ft., and probably much 

 higher.— i2. S. W.'\ 



TuRDUS CENTEALis Reichenow. 



Turdus pelios centralis Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 690 (1905). 

 Merula centralis Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 542 [Toro] . 



a. ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 19th March. [No. 2218. G. X.] 



i. $ . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 28th April. [No. 1451. D. C] 



c-o. d ? et d $ imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 3rd-24th May. 



[Nos. 284, 285, 325. R. E. D. ■ 1484, 1507, 1508, 1525, 1597, 1621. I). C. ■ 33'20, 



3410, 3411. R. B. W.'\ 

 p.d. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 17th June. [No. 1636. i>. C] 

 q. d . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 21st July. [No. 2420. G. L.] 



The majority of the specimens in the present collection, but not all, appear to be 

 slightly darker on the upperparts than typical examples of T. pelios from Abyssinia. 



[This darker form of the Ethiopian Thrush was met with plentifully at Entebbe and 

 throughout the journey to Ruwenzori. It was also found all round the foot of the 

 mountains and at Fort Beni on the edge of the Eturi Forest. It frequents almost 

 exclusively the banana-plantations and cultivated lands, and probably obtains much of 

 its food from the fresh deposits of irrigation. It was found in the lower valleys 

 of Ruwenzori up to 5000 ft., above which its place was taken by T. abyssiaicus. — 

 E. B. W. 



Callene ^quatorialis Jackson. 



Callene aquatorialis Jackson, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 46 (1905) [LurabwaJ. • 



a, 6. ? et ? imm. Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 21st Sept. [Nos. 3558, 

 3605. R. B. W.] 



The type-specimen, which was procured by Mr. Jackson at Kericho, in Luiiibwa, 

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