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Type : (J ad. Davao, January 1903. Collected by W. 

 Goodfellow. In the Tring Museum. 



Obs. Rich. C. McGregor, in his ' Man. of Philippine 

 Birds/ p. 507, calls the species lole gularis (Puch.), 1855^ 

 and rejects the name Turdus philippemis of Gmelin, as 

 being antedated by Turdus philippensis Miiller, 1776, and 

 Boddaert, 1783. This is all right, but in 1844 Strickland 

 described our bird as a new species from Luzon under the 

 name Hypsipetes philippensis, not being aware of Gmelin's 

 name. Though Turdus philippensis was antedated, Hypsi- 

 petes philippensis Strickl. was not, and need not be rejected. 

 Otherwise the species would have to be called lole gularis. 

 This was described in 1855 as coming from China ; the 

 latter is evidently an error, and Luzon must be fixed as its 

 original locality, all Philippine birds in those times coming 

 from Manila_, as Mindanao was then almost unknown. 



Messrs. Ernst Hartert and V. G. L. van Someren sent 

 the following description of a new Smithornis : — 



Smithornis capensis medianus, subsp. nov. 



This new form is nearest to S. capensis albigularis, but 

 differs in a distinct brownish-yellow patch on each side of 

 the breast, the breast and abdomen are more distinctly 

 tinged with pale lemon-yellow, the black stripes are wider. 

 The upperside is slightly more tinged with ferruginous, not 

 quite so olive. Wing 74-76 mm., thus being slightly longer 

 than in S. c. albigularis, which has the wing about 71- 

 73'6 mm. 



Hab. Kyambu Forest, Uganda, Toro, and forests west 

 of Lakes Albert Edward and the northern portion of 

 Tanganyika. 



Type: c? ad. Kyambu Forest, 10. x. 1915. Collected by 

 Dr. V. G. L. van Someren. 



Five specimens from Mpanga Forest, Toro, the forests 

 west of Lake Albert Edward, and west of Lake Tanganyika 

 evidently belong to this same subspecies. From S. capensis 

 camarunensis Sharpe it differs by being less rufescent, more 



