Vol. xxiii.] 30 



Barbatula chrysocoma zedlitzi, subsp, n. 



Adult. Similar to B. c. chrysocoma, Temm., from Senegal 

 and Upper Guinea, but the pale portions of the feathers of 

 the back are of a deep golden -yellow, and the underside is 

 of a uniform pale golden-yellow. In B. c. chrysocoma the 

 pale portions of the feathers of the back are sulphur-yellow, 

 the chin and upper throat sulphur-yellow, and the breast 

 and belly dull orange-yellow. Wing 27 mm. 



Hab. Sennar, Lower Blue Nile. 



Type in the Berlin Museum : Blue Nile, probably near 

 Roseires. A. Brehm coll. Other specimens are in the 

 British and Stuttgart Museums. 



Ohs. This species is named after Count Otto Zedlitz 

 Triitzschlei', who has just returned from a successful orni- 

 thological expedition to Northern and Western Abyssinia. 



Trachyphonus darnaudi usambiro, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to T. d. darnaudi, 

 Des Murs, but larger. The black feathers of the head have 

 subterminal yellow bars, and the yellow feathers of the 

 rump faint brownish terminal bars. In T. d. darnaudi the 

 subterminal bars on the head are orange and there are black 

 spots on the feathers of the rump. Wing 81-85 mm., as 

 compared with 71-75 mm. in T. d. darnaudi. 



Hah. Countries south and south-west of Lake Victoria. 



Type in the Tring Museum : $ . Usambiro, 2. ix. 89. 

 Emin coll. 



Other specimens from Bussissi, Kagehi, Ssamuje are in 

 the Berlin Museum. 



Cyanops henricii brachyrhyncha, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to C. h. henricii, Temm., 

 from Malacca and Sumatra, but somewhat smaller and with 

 a much smaller bill. 



C. h. brachyrhyncha. Culmen 24-25 mm, ; wing 91-95. 



C. h. henricii. Culmen 27-31 mm. ; wing 95-102. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ^ . Batu Lang, Baram River, 

 i. 92. C. Hose coll. 



