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Type. Adult female, collected at Kartoushi, Semliki Valley, 

 Kivu District, 7th May, 1921, by N. Gyldenstolpe. Type in 

 the R. Nat. Hist. Museum at Stockholm. 



~i~ Alseonax infulatus ruandae, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Similar to A. i. infulatus Hartl. from the 

 Upper White Nile, but easily distinguished by its larger 

 size and its more whitish underparts. A distinct pure black 

 spot in front of the eyes. Upper parts of the body less dark, 

 as in A. i. infulatus. Bill longer, less broad than that of 

 the typical form, and more tapering off towards the tip. 



Dimensions of type. Total length 145 mm.; wing 74 mm.; 

 tail 61 mm. ; culmen 12 mm. ; bill from gape 18 mm. ; 

 tarsus 15 mm. ; bill at gape 7'5 mm. 



Type. Adult male, collected at Bufundi, Lake Bunyoni, 

 Kigezi District, British E,uanda, 31st Jan., 1921, by N. 

 Gyldenstolpe. Type in the R. Nat. Hist. Museum at 

 Stockholm. 



Remarks. Quite common along the shores of Lake 

 Bunyoni, where it frequented the tall reed-beds. 



f— Alseonax infulatus ngomae, subsp. nov. 



Diagnosis. Intermediate in size between typical A. i. 

 infulatus Hartl. and A. i. ruandce described above, but 

 differing from both by having the sides of the body and 

 greater portion of abdomen tinged with light rufous-brown, 

 only leaving a small area on the centre of the abdomen pure 

 white. Breast brownish, more rufous, and less greyish- 

 brown than in either A. i. infulatus or A. i. ruanda'. This 

 colour also extends further down the belly than in these two 

 forms. Axillaries and under wing-coverts bright cinnamon, 

 much brighter than in the allied races. Bill rather strong, 

 broader at gape than in the species mentioned. 



Dimensions of type. Total length 140 mm.; wing 71 mm.;, 

 tail && mm. ; culmen 11 mm. ; bill from gape 16 mm. ; 

 breadth of bill at gape 9 mm. ; tarsus 15 mm. 



Type. Adult male, collected at Ngoma, Lake Kivu 



