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yellow. Wings ranging up to 70-77 mm. Upperside 

 slightly darker. 



Hah. Kisumu, Kano district, Kendu Bay, Simba, Kitui. 



Type. S ad., Kisumu, 10. v. 1918. Tring Museum. 



Hyphantornis intermedius littoralis, subsp. nov. _i- 



Smaller than H. i. kisumui ; underside lighter, bright 

 yellow, even brighter than in H. i. intermedius, from which 

 the males differ chiefly in the lighter, more yellow nape. 

 Wings 63-70 mm. 



JIab. Limited to the coast-belt and Taru district, Chan- 

 gamwe and Malindi. 



Type. Changamwe, 14. i v. 1919. Tring Museum. 



Heteryphantes nigricoUis vacillans, subsp. nov. —^ 



Differs from H. n. nigricoUis of W. Africa in having the 

 mantle darker, olive-black to black, though not jet-black as in 

 H. n. melanoxanthus. This new form is thus somewhat inter- 

 mediate between H. n. nigricoUis and H. n. melanoxanthus. 



Hah. S. Ankole, Bugoma, Budongo, Mubendi, Mabira, 

 Elgon, Entebbe, N. Kavirondo, Taveta, Bukoba. 



Type. ^ ad., Budongo, 17.xii. 1918, in Tring Museum. 



Sitagra luteola kavirondensis, subsp. nov. j. 



The birds of this species from south of Elgon along the 

 Nandi Escarpment to the south of Lake Victoria are slightly 

 larger (longer wings) than S. I. luteola ; the nape is usually 

 less bright yellow, and shows indications of striation; the 

 stripes on the slightly more greenish back are very distinct. 



Hah. Soronko River, S. Kerio, Kacheliba, Kisumu, 

 Kibigori, also Entebbe. 



Type. S ad«j Soronko River, 28. iv. 1916. Tring Museum, 

 8 <?,4 ?. 



Otyphantes emini budongoensis, subsp. nov. •~f- 



Differs from 0. emini emini, of which 0. e. zaphiroi is a 

 synonym, in having the back green with black shaft-stripes, 



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