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throat and breast golden- olive ; belly, flanks, and under tail- 

 coverts dark French grey, darker than in the female. 



The specimen described is in the British Museum: (J ad. 

 (No. 4). Cameroon Mountain, 10. iv. 09. Boyd Alexander 

 coll. 



Dr. VAN SoMEEEN Sent the description of a new subspecies 

 of ^joafe from Uganda, which he proposed to name 



Apalis nigriceps coUaris, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Crown, sides of the head, and ear-coverts deep 

 glossy black ; crop-band black, diamond-shaped, the lateral 

 apices tapering ; throat and underparts white, the flanks 

 slightly tinged with cream-colour ; under tail-coverts white. 

 A distinct bright yellow band separates the black of the 

 crown from the golden-olive of the back ; coverts and 

 secondaries edged with golden-olive ; primaries blackish 

 edged with grey; rump golden-olive; upper tail-coverts 

 grey, strongly washed with golden-olive, or uniform golden- 

 olive ; middle pair of tail-feathers dark grey with cross-bars 

 of a darker shade, tips white; next pair black with white 

 inner webs ; three outer pairs pure white. 



Iris brown or reddish-brown, bill black, legs flesh-colour 

 Wing 45-46 mm. 



Immature male. Similar to the above, but with the black 

 of the crown intermixed with grey. The black crop-patch 

 indicated by a few black feathers ; breast washed with pale 

 yellowish ; abdomen distinctly cream-coloured ; back less 

 golden-olive; upper mandible black, lower mandible pale 

 horn-grey ; legs not so bright. 



Adult female. Similar to the immature male, but the bill 

 is black; crown and ear-coverts grey; nape-band and back 

 not so bright as in the adult male ; under surface slightly 

 greyer. Wing 44-45 mm. 



Immature female. Somewhat similar to the adult female, 

 but the under surface washed with yellowish ; the head 

 not so grey, and washed with olive. 



Hab. Uganda (Mabira, Kyetume, Bugoma, and Ituri 



forests). 



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