. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 78 134 1958 are apparently immature, and indeterminate, though presumably also T. v. granti. These nine specimens are all either from the Luangwa River in the Mpika District, or its tributaries therein, the Munyamadzi and the Mutinondo, or from Museshya, Mweru Marsh, except that one of the immatures is from Kasama. T. v. perspicillata is recorded by Smithers et al, "Check List of the Birds of Southern Rhodesia", 1957, from the Sabi-Lundi junction. This is based on three specimens collected in June, agreeing well in colour with thos
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 78 134 1958 are apparently immature, and indeterminate, though presumably also T. v. granti. These nine specimens are all either from the Luangwa River in the Mpika District, or its tributaries therein, the Munyamadzi and the Mutinondo, or from Museshya, Mweru Marsh, except that one of the immatures is from Kasama. T. v. perspicillata is recorded by Smithers et al, "Check List of the Birds of Southern Rhodesia", 1957, from the Sabi-Lundi junction. This is based on three specimens collected in June, agreeing well in colour with those from Northern Rhodesia. Mrs. B. P. Hall has kindly supplied the following particulars of specimens of T. v. granti, all males, all apparently from Rhodesia and Nyasaland, in the British Museum: Kachere, Nyasaland, 8,400 ft., November, 1902, Alfred Sharpe; Malosa, Nyasaland, May, 1902, Alfred Sharpe; immature, Charamba, Zambesi River, 1st August, 1898, Boyd Alexander; immature, no date, "Zambesi", Kirk. It is best to discount the record from Kachere 8,400 ft. The specimen may well have been mislabelled, as I know from experience has occurred with some others of Sharpe's specimens. Kachere is evidently on the Nyika Plateau, see Benson, ' 'Check List of the Birds of Nyasaland' \ 1953: 91, and it is unlikely that the species would occur so high, or this particular race in November. It may be noted that McLachlan & Liversidge, ' 'Birds of South Africa", 1957, record T. v. perspicillata from the Cape only from October to March, and state that there are only occasional winter records from the Albany district and Natal. Benson, op. cit. did not list this form, thinking (mis- takenly) that specimens from Nyasaland with the coloration thereof were merely aberrant individuals of T. v. plumbeiceps or T. v. violacea Grant & Mackworth-Praed (if recognisable). Breeding records of T. v. granti from Nyasaland, see Mackworth-Praed & Grant, ' 'Birds of Eastern and Nor
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