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Bradornis taruensis, sp. nov. (or probably subsp. of griseus). 



Smaller than B. p. griseus and pumilu.t, and dnrker on 

 upperside, having a brownish tinge to the grey back. 



Differs from B. g. pumilus in having the well-circumscribed 

 throat more extensive, and the abdomen whiter, only the 

 sides tinged with grey. Wings 70-80 mm. 



Ilah. The thorn-bush country of the Taru: Maungu, Sam- 

 buru, Sagala, Taveta, M'bnyuni, Oa'npi-ya-bibi. 



Ti/pe. c?, Campi-ya-bibi, 3. vii. 1918. 



Bradornis murinus suahelicus, subsp. nov. 



Differs from a large series of typical munnus in having 

 the upperside much browner, less greyish brown, which is 

 evident both in fresh-plumaged and worn birds. Also 

 slightly larger. 



Ilah. Masindi, Entebbe, Kyetume, Elgon, and also Lon- 

 diani, Kakamegoes, Nairobi, Kitai, and Sagala. 



Type. ? , Londiani, 12. xii. 19 J 2. 



Melaenornis lugubris ugandsB, subsp. nov. 



Differs from the Abyssinian form {AI. Ivgiihris liujuhris, 

 erroneously called pammelaina, the type of the latter name 

 being a blue-black bird of the ater group!) in being darker, 

 more glossy blai kish, especially males, and in having the 

 inner webs of the quills greyish-ashy instead of whitish, and 

 from the Senegal form {AI. I. edoloides) in being less blue- 

 black and smaller, the inner webs of quills less dark. 



Hah. Uganda iind Kavirondo (Masindi, Budongo, Entel.be, 

 Sezibwa in Ugandti, also Kisumu and Kavirondo in East 

 Africa). 



%je. c? , Sezibwa, 16. x. 1915. 



Hirundo senegalensis hybrida, subsp. nov. 



Underside much paler in H. s. monteiri, but tail with 

 white or whitish s[)0ts in varying degree, sometimes obsolete 

 or indicated only; while in //. s. monteiri they are always 

 distinct, in //. senegalensis senegalensis there are none, though 

 the abdomen is paler, as in hyhrida. 



