2A PASSERES 
Penthestes melanoleucus Wirttemberg, Naumannia, Vol. 7, p. 433 (1857) (nom, nud.), 
Fig. Riippell, Neue Wirbelthiere, V6g. pl. 37, f. 2. 
Hab. North-east Africa : Abyssinia and Shoa, 
N. B. The records of this species from the Victoria Nyansa require confirmation. The birds from this 
district very likely represent a distinct form. 
36. Parus niger lacuum Neumann. 
Parus niger lacuum Neumann, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 54, p. 260 (1906) (Suksuki River, South Ethiopia). 
Hab. North-eastern Africa : Lake-district south of the Hawash and Omo-region. 
& 
37. Parus albiventris Shelley. : ; 
Parus albiventris Shelley, The Ibis (4), Vol. 5, p. 116 (1881) (Uzogo). 
Fig. Shelley, Birds Africa, Vol. 2, pl. 10, f. 2. 
Hab, Southern Brit. East Africa (Elgeju, Mau) and German East Africa : from the Victoria Nyanza 
south to the Rovuma River. 
N. B. Perhaps merely a geographic form of the P, nigery-group, but exact limits of range as compared 
with that of P. x. niger not yet sufficiently established. 
38. Parus leuconotus Guérin. 
Parus leuconotus Guérin-Méneville, Rev. Zool. Vol. 6, p. 162 (1843) (« Abyssinie »). 
Parus dorsalus Rippell, Syst. Uebers. Vog. N.-O. Afr. p. 42, pl. 18 (1845) (Abyssinia). 
Fig. Ferrest & Galinier, Voy. Abyssinie, Vol. 3, pl. 9, f. 1. 
Hab. North-eastern Africa : Highlands of Abyssinia and Shoa, southward as far as Djamdjam-country. 
39. Parus funereus (J. & E. Verreaux). (PI. 1, Fig. 3.) 
Melanoparus funereus J. & E. Verreaux, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 3, p. 104 (1885) (Gaboon). 
? Parus nigricinereus Jackson, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 8, p. 22 (1898) (Nandi, Equatorial Africa). 
Fig. The Ibis (7), Vol. 5, 1899, pl. 13 (P. nigricinereus). 
Hab. Western Africa (Gold coast, Camaroons, Gaboon); Equatorial Africa (Nandi, Ruwenzori). 
N. B. This little-known species may, after all, be divisible into two races, in which case the name 
P. nigricinereus would have to be retained for the eastern form. 
40. Parus rufiventris rufiventris Barboza du Bocage. 
Parus rufiventris Barboza du Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisboa, Vol. 6, p. 161 (1877) (Caconda, Benguella). 
Fig. Barboza du Bocage, Ornith. Angola, pl. 10, f. 1. 
Hab. S. W. Africa : Angola, Beuguella, Congo-basin (Stanley-pool, Léopoldsville etc.). 
41. Parus rufiventris masukuensis Shelley. 
Parus masukuensis Shelley, Birds Africa, Vol. 2, p. 238 (1900) (Nyika Plateau and Masuku Range). 
Hab. British Central Africa : Masuku Range and Nyika Plateau, west of Lake Nyasa; N. E. Rhodesia : 
Ulungu Mt., West Loangwa distrist. 
42. Parus rufiventris pallidiventris Reichenow. 
Parus pallidiventris Reichenow, Journ, f. Ornith, Vol. 33, p. 217 (1885) (IkKakoma). 
Fig. Reichenow, Vog. Afr. Vol. 3, pl. [18]. 
Hab. German East Africa : Kakoma in southern Unjamwezi. 
43. Parus rufiventris rovume Shelley. 
Parus yovumae Shelley, Bull, Brit. Ornith Club, Vol.1, p.6 (1892) (« prope flumen Rovuma dictum in Africa 
orientale »). 
Hab. Coast districts of Eastern Africa, from Useguha southward to the lower Zambezi and Mashona- 
land (Salisbury). 
44. Parus fringillinus Fischer & Reichenow. 
Parus fringillinus Fischer & Reichenow, Journ. f. Ornith. Vol. 32, p. 56 (1884) (foot of Meru Mountain). 
Fig. Zeitschr. ges. Ornith. Vol. 1, 1884, pl. 19. 
Hab. German East Africa : Masailand (plains on the foot of the Meru Mountain). 
45. Parus fasciiventer fasciiventer Reichenow. : 
Parus fasciiventey Reichenow, Ornith, Monatsber. Vol. 1, p. 31 (1893) (Ruwenzori). 
Fig. Reichenow, Vég. Afr. Vol. 3, pl. [18]. 
Hab. Central Africa : Ruwenzori Range. 
