. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1955 75 Vol. 75 3. Turdus gurneyi otomitrus (Reichenow). Geocichla gurneyi otomitra Reichenow, "Ornithologische Monats- berichte", vol. xii, 1904, : Bulongwa, near Mwaya, Rungwe district, south-western Tanganyika Territory. Differs from T. g. disruptans in having the head-top rather darker and greyer and not almost concolorous with the mantle, which is mora saturated and somewhat greener (about 0-4-3°). Rump and upper tail-coverts more golden, less brownish, cinnamon (about 0-4-11°). Tail much shorter. Wing (flattened) J$ 103-112 (1
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1955 75 Vol. 75 3. Turdus gurneyi otomitrus (Reichenow). Geocichla gurneyi otomitra Reichenow, "Ornithologische Monats- berichte", vol. xii, 1904, : Bulongwa, near Mwaya, Rungwe district, south-western Tanganyika Territory. Differs from T. g. disruptans in having the head-top rather darker and greyer and not almost concolorous with the mantle, which is mora saturated and somewhat greener (about 0-4-3°). Rump and upper tail-coverts more golden, less brownish, cinnamon (about 0-4-11°). Tail much shorter. Wing (flattened) J$ 103-112 (), culmen from base (), tail 75-81 () mm. (Eight specimens measured).. Heads of Turdus gurneyi showing geographical variation in the bills of certain East African races: 1. T. ,e. otomitrus (Reichenow) 2. T. g. usambarae (Neumann) 3. T. g. chuka (van Someren) The heavy, less gradually tapered, bill of T. g. usambarae when compared with that of T. g. otomitrus, and the large bill of T. g. chuka should be observed. Range: The forests of the southern highlands of Tanganyika Terri- tory, southward to the montane forests of southern Nyasaland and adjacent Portuguese East Africa, and in the northern parts of its range west to the Katanga highlands (Upemba), Belgian Congo, and pre- sumably in immediately adjacent parts of Northern Rhodesia. Usually at elevations of 4500 ft. and above, but according to Benson (1953, loc. cit.\ occasionally in riverain forest at substantially lower Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Taylor, Nancy M. Oxford : Clarendon Press
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