Vol. xli.] ^ 102 



Dr. V. J. L. VAN SoMEREN sent descriptions of tlie fnllow- 

 incr African Birds, the types of which are in the Tring 

 Museum : — 



~^ Bias musicus pallidiventris, subsp. nov. 



Much like B. m. musicus (not with upperside paler, like 

 B. m. femininus), but underside more white, practically 

 without rufous tinge, except on sides of chest. 



Hah. Angola to Tanganyika. 



Type. ? , Canhoca, Angola, 23. xi. 1903. W. J. Ansorge 

 leg. No. 1331. Six females compared. 



554. *Alseo]iax ccsrulescens kikuyuensis^ subsp. nov. 



* 



These birds are very much like A. c. cwridescens from 

 Natal and Angola, but distinctly greyer below, the white 

 throat is more restricted, with a wide grey chest-band, the 

 abdomen more or less flecked with greyish. 



Wings 74-80 mm. 



Hah. Nairobi, Kyambu, in the Kikuyu Mts., 5-6000 feet. 



Ti/pe. $ ad., Kyambu Forest, 19. iii. 1916. Eight 

 specimens. 



496. *Dicrurus modestus ugandensis, subsp. nov. 



The birds which inhabit Uganda from Toro to Elgon are 

 more blue-black, less purplish black, than typical " coracina " 

 from Gaboon and Nigeria, of which there is a series atTring. 

 In size, the races are practically alike, though on an average 

 the Gaboon birds are larger. The largest Uganda bird has 

 Avings of 135 mm. 



Hah. Bugoma, Budongo, Lugalambo, Mabira, Elgon in 

 Uganda; and Ka\irondoin East Africa. 



Tyi)e. cJ, Budongo, 10. xii. 1918. Nineteen examined. 



"T^ Harpolestes australis littoralis, subsp. nov. 



Slightly smaller than H. a. australis, emini, and minor — 

 wings 63-73, as against 75-85 mm. in the latter forms. 

 Underside more whitish. Bill smaller than^ in H. a. australis 

 and emini. 



