698 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 
a, b. $ . Mombasa, Aug. and Oct. 1900. (Nos. 5 & 28.) 
Iris hazel. 
The British Museum possesses examples of this brown- 
hacked species from the Sliebeli River in Southern Somali¬ 
land (whence came the type-specimen of P. pauper Sharpe), 
the Omo River in South-western Abyssinia, Gwasa Nyro 
(British East Africa), and Dar-es-Salaam on the coast of 
German East Africa. The last-named locality appears to be 
its southern limit. The type of P. strepitans was procured 
at Malindi. To the south P. suahelicus is found, and, accord¬ 
ing to Dr. Reichenow, ranges from the Pangani River to the 
Rufiji River in German East Africa. The British Museum 
possesses specimens of this olive-backed species from the 
Rovuma River and from Nyasaland. 
85. Andropadus eugenius Reich. 
Andropadus latirostris eugenius Reich, iii. p. 415. 
a, b. Kikuyu Forest, 24tli April to 30th Jan., 1902. 
(Nos. 267 & 354.) 
The stripes on the sides of the throat appear to be wider 
and of a brighter yellow in the male than in the female. 
Mr. Percival failed to ascertain the sex of the two speci¬ 
mens mentioned above, but they are probably male and 
female, as indicated by the markings on the throat. 
[These birds are not rare, but keep to the thick bush and 
are consequently hard to procure.— A, B. P.] 
86. Andropadus insularis Hartl. 
Andropadus insularis Reich, iii. p. 48. 
a , b. Takaungu. 
Dr. Reichenow (op. cit) has referred A. favescens Hartl. 
to the synonymy of A. insularis Hartl., and distinguishes 
the present yellower form (from Malindi and Zanzibar) under 
the trinomial “A. i. subalarisP The allied form A.flavescens 
Hartl., described from Zanzibar, differs from the present in 
having the under wing-coverts bright golden yellow, while 
the belly is also of a somewhat brighter yellow. 
[Common in the thickest bush. It is a noisy bird.— 
A. B. P.] 
