. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. [Bull. 197J: 95(4)1 134 (b) Chin and throat markedly yellower than breast, but with green wash rather than clear yellow: 4 $ Khartoum, 11 January 1904 () o* Khartoum, - February 1903 () o* Jebel Ain, 13 February 1914() o* Kamisa, Sennar Province, 22 December 1913 () Juvenile $ Juga Juga (15 miles NE of El Fasher), 6 May 1920 ( ) 9 <J Kosheh, Nubia, 9 March 1900 () (c) Chin, throat and breast yellowish green (pectoral band black): 10 $ Archei, Ennedi, 17 Octob
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. [Bull. 197J: 95(4)1 134 (b) Chin and throat markedly yellower than breast, but with green wash rather than clear yellow: 4 $ Khartoum, 11 January 1904 () o* Khartoum, - February 1903 () o* Jebel Ain, 13 February 1914() o* Kamisa, Sennar Province, 22 December 1913 () Juvenile $ Juga Juga (15 miles NE of El Fasher), 6 May 1920 ( ) 9 <J Kosheh, Nubia, 9 March 1900 () (c) Chin, throat and breast yellowish green (pectoral band black): 10 $ Archei, Ennedi, 17 October 1957 () 11 5 Massawa, Eritrea, 13 December 1953 () All of these localities are shown in Fig. 1 except Kosheh, which cannot be located. Nubia is a poorly demarcated area north of 8° N and east of 300 E. In addition, a $ from Gassam, Senegal, 14 September 1907 () appears to have a pale yellow throat and the pectoral band very narrow and blueish-black; but it is an unusually prepared-skin in which these features are difficult to Figure 1. The distribution of Merops orientalis viridissimus. Small dots, records from the literature and personal observation; large dots, Tring Museum skin localities; encircled dots, yellow-throated specimens. Stipple: dry woodlands and steppe (after Keay 1959). The southernmost record of M. 0. cleopatra, on the Nile, is marked by C. None of 3 5 skins of M. 0. cleopatra has a yellow or yellowish throat. Ignoring the atypical Gassam skin, all the yellow-throated specimens of M. 0. viridissimus occur east of longitude 200 E and within the range i4°-i9° N (Fig. 1) (Kosheh may be further south). Ten of the skins are adults taken in December to March and they appear to be in nuptial plumage. From what little is known the breeding season appears to be March to July (Lynes 1925, Fry 1973). "Normal" green-throated birds have been collected at some of the same localities, Jebel Ain and Khartoum, most
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