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Melittophagus mulleri yalensis, subsp. nov. 
Very like M. mulleri from Gaboon, but paler brighter 
chestnut above and paler brighter blue below. Red of chin 
paler ; throat black, not blue. 
Wings 80-86 mm. 
Range. Higon and Suk, and Kavirondo. 
Type in Tring Museum. 6 ad.,17.3.17. Nyarondo. 
Turner Leg. 
Obs. Seven specimens which I have compared agree 
perfectly in the characters given for this new race. A series 
of a dozen skins were sent home during the war, but were 
presumably lost at sea, as they never arrived. 
Colius striatus mombassicus, subsp. nov. 
Resembling C. striatus afinis from Dar-es-salaam in having 
a pale throat, but differing from that race in having the 
throat, breast, and mantle more distinctly barred, the bars 
being darker and wider ; the underside is darker, while the 
wings and tail are more greyish and the rump barred. 
Type in Tring Museum. ¢ ad., 19. 7.18, Changamwe. 
Dr. van Someren Coll. 
Obs. I have carefully gone over the whole of this group 
of Colies and have compared good series. 14 skins from 
Mombasa to Lamu exhibit the characters given above. 
Colius striatus ugandensis, subsp. nov. 
Resembling somewhat C. striatus kikyuensis, but crown 
and mantle lighter above, wood-brown to buffy brown, the 
mantle more distinctly barred. Wings and tail greyish 
olive. Cheeks greyish ; ear-coverts whitish, especially at 
the posterior borders. Throat blackish, the black not so 
extensive asin Hast African birds, and feathers more broadly 
tipped with whitish. Upper chest paler, ochraceous buff, 
barred brownish black, but less extensively than in C. st. 
kikuyensis. Rest of the underside ochraceous buff, darker 
than in C kikuyensis. 
Wings 99-102 mm. 
