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stripes on the feathers of the underside, which in consequence 

 presents a very white appearance. Throat white with no 

 shaf t-streaks to the feathers ; upperside noticeably paler ; 

 size somewhat smaller (wing, ^J , 174 mm.). Female unknown. 



This race is nearest to F. h. johnstoni of Southern Nyassa- 

 land and the southern inland half of Tanganyika Territory. 



Type. S > fjindi, on the coast of Southern Tanganyika 

 Territory, 1. iii. 1920. Collected and presented by 0. H. B. 

 Grant. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1921. 3. 22. 9. 



Dr. VAN SoMEREN sent the following descriptions of new 

 African birds, the types of which are in the Tring 

 Museum : — 



Anthoscopus rocatti taruensis, subsp. nov. 



Smaller than A . r. rocatti and paler below, greyer above. 

 Belly brownish buff. Forehead whitish buff, with a few 

 dusky tips to the feathers. Wings 45-48 mm. 



Hah. Coast of British East Africa to Taru Desert. 



Type. $ , Samburu, 25. vii. 1918. 



Parns nig-er purpurascens, subsp. nov. 



Agrees with P. n. leucomelas and lacuum in having no 

 white fringes to the outer rectrices, but has the under wing- 

 coverts all white. The body-feathers are deeper and more 

 purplish black than in P. insignis. Wings : $ 83-85, 

 ? 78-82 mm. 



Hah. Entebbe, Bukedi, Mubendi, Soronko, Elgon. 



Type. (J, Entebbe, ii. 1919. 



Anthreptes tephrolaeina elgonensis, subsp. nov. 



Similar to A. t. teplirolccma but larger, chin-patch of c? 

 darker grey, underside of ? duller and more greenish. 

 Wings: S 59-64, ? 57-62 mm. 



Hah. Nandi Escarpment to Mt. Elgon and Mabira in 

 Uganda. 



Type. ^,Kaimosi, 22. i. 1917. J. Allen Turner leg., in 

 Meinertzhagen Collection. 



