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of crown and nape much greyer, though not as pure grey as 

 in the Senegal birds ; shoulder-patch darker rufous — almost 

 rufous chestnut, — much darker than in either P. g. griseus' 

 of P. g. ugandce ; underparts of the body similar to those of 

 the Senegal form, but flanks darker and more tinged with 

 buif (in P. g. ugandce almost the whole of the underparts 

 are washed with sandy buff) ; size larger than in typical 

 P. g. griseus— 'w'mgs 80-86 mm. against 76-78 mm. in the 

 Senegal birds and 83-87 mm. in Uganda specimens. 



Dimensions of type. Wing 86 mm. ; tail 73 mm. ; oulmen 

 13 mm. ; tarsus 18 mm. 



Type. Adult male, collected near Benguela town, Angola, 

 23rd Oct., 1905, by W. J. Ansorge. Type in the R. Nut. 

 Hist. Museum at Stockholm (Coll. Zedlitz). 



Eremomela badiceps ituricus, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Similar to typical E. h. badiceps Fraser, from 

 Fernando Po and Cameroon, but differs by its much more 

 greyish underparts, this grey colour almost occupying the 

 entire underparts, only leaving a rather narrow central area 

 creamy white, while in typical E. b. badiceps the underparts 

 are mostly creamy white throughout, only the flanks and 

 sides of the body being greyish. Chin and throat more pure 

 white and less creamy. Thighs greyish-brown instead of 

 reddish-brown. The reddish-brown colour of the forehead 

 and crown somewhat more extended backwards, almost 

 covering the whole crown. 



Dimensions of type. Total length 113 mm. ; wing 52 mm. ; 

 tail 39 mm.; culmen 10 mm.; bill from gape 15 mm.; 

 tarsus 16 mm. 



Type. Adult male, collected at Simbo in the Ituri forest, 

 west of Irumu. 22nd June, 1921, by N. Gyldenstolpe. Type 

 in the R-. Nat. Hist. Museum at Stockholm. 



Remarks. Van Someren recently separated birds from 

 N. Kavirondo and S. Elgon as E. b. turneri (Bull. Brit. 

 Ornith. Club, xl. p. 92, 1920) on account of their smaller 

 size and much darker upper parts. Wing 49 mm. The 



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