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Lake Tumba, Bolobo, and Kwamouth, in the Belgian Congo, and are 

 not nearly allied to the typical subspecies of southeast Africa, but 

 resemble more closely — in the development of the crest and the 

 colors of the bare parts of the head — G. e. seth-smithi of Uganda 

 and the northern Congo. The spotting of the body plumage is however 

 less blue, whiter indeed than in G. e. pallasi, a slight point of resem- 



Fig. 1 . — Head of Guttera e. schoutedeni. adult female from Kwamouth. 

 Belgian Congo. One-half natural size. 



blance to typical edouardi, although the secondary brown spotting 

 of the latter is absent, or only very faintly indicated at the base of the 

 hind neck in one individual. 



From G. e. sclateri of the Cameroon, with rather similar body 

 coloration, there is a constant différence in the shape of the crest; 

 but it may be noted that the range of sclateri lies between that of 

 pallasi and the form under discussion. In short, I find ample justi- 



