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of the abdomen (except the sides and flanks) white; and agrees with aequator- 

 ialis in the ochraceous wash of the orange-tawny of the throat and breast; 

 differs from both in being slightly more greenish olive (less brownish olive) 

 above; tail longer than in sharpei (51 mm. as against 45 mm. in sharpei). 



Range. — Known only from the Uluguru Mountains. 



Remarks.— The races of Sheppardia cyornithopsis are as 

 follows : 



1. S. c. cyornithopsis (Sharpe). Found in the rain forest of 

 Cameroon. 



2. S. c. lopezi (Alexander). This is said by Sclater (loc. cit.) 

 to inhabit the Uele, Ituri, and Semliki districts of the Belgian 

 Congo. Similar to the nominate form, but the sides and flanks 

 less reddish, more brownish. 



3. S. c. aequatorialis (Jackson). This form occurs from the 

 mountain forests west of Lake Albert, east through Uganda to 

 Mt. Elgon, Kakamega-Kaimosi, and the Lumbwa country, 

 southwestern Kenya Colony. This race resembles lopezi, but 

 has the underparts more ochraceous and the white abdominal 

 area considerably more restricted in size. 



I do not know if the birds of the Kivu district are aequatorialis 

 as indicated by Sclater. Gyldenstlope {Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. 

 Handlngr., 1924, p. 159) refers a bird from the Kivu region 

 to this race with the comment that when more material from 

 there becomes available, the Kivu birds may prove to be a 

 distinct form. 



4. S. c. sharpei (Shelley). A race known only from the unique 

 type, taken on Masisi Hill, Nyika Plateau, north of Lake 

 Nyasa. This form differs from all the above in having rather 

 wide white superciliaries and a black loreal spot; tail 45 mm. 



5. S. c. bangsi Friedmann. From the Uluguru Mountains. 

 Similar to sharpei in having wide white superciliaries and a 

 black loreal spot, and in the extent of the white abdominal area; 

 otherwise similar to aequatorialis; tail 51 mm. 



An immature female of bangsi resembles the adults, but has 

 tawny orange terminal shaft stripes on the feathers of the 

 forehead and crown. 



