TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 445 



Sylvielta whytii abayensis Meams 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (20) : 4, Nov. 29, 1913. 

 245199. Adult male. Gato River (at elev. 4,000 feet), near Gardulla, 

 southern Ethiopia. Apr. 6, 1912. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. 

 Original number 21057, Childs Frick African Expedition (1911- 

 1912). 



Sylvietla whytii loringi Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 56 (20) : 11, Apr. 17, 1911. 

 215360. Adult male. Fort Hall (elev. 3,900 feet). Fort Hall District, 

 Kenya Colony. Oct. 28, 1909. Collected by J. Alden Loring. Orig- 

 inal number 531. Smithsonian African Expedition. 

 Sylvietta rufescens ochrocara Oberholser 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 47 [Quarterly Issue 2(3)] : 373, Mar. 2, 1905. 

 ^=SylvieUa rufescens rufescens (Vieillot). See Roberts, Birds of South 



Africa, pp. 258, 259, 1940. 

 98155. Adult (sex not indicated). Damaraland, Territory of South- 

 West Africa. Registered at the British Museum (Natural History) on 

 Dec. 24, 1866. Collected by Charles J. Anderson. Received from the 

 British Museum (Natural History), where it was No. 66.12.24.14. 



Sylvietta leucophrys keniensis Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (20) : 5, Nov. 29, 1913. 

 215605. Adult male. Mount Kenya (at elev. 8,500 feet), Kenya Colony. 

 Oct. 13, 1909. Collected by Edgar A. Meams. Original number 

 17130. Smithsonian African Expedition. 



Genus CISTICOLA Kaup 



Cisticola subruficapilla fricki Meams 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (11): 3, Aug. 30, 1913. 



=Cisticola chiniana bodessa Mearns. See Lynes, Ibis (12) 6 (suppl. 

 No.) : 633, 1930. 



217992. Adult male in winter plumage. "On the east shore of White 

 Lake Abaya"=eastem shore of the Southern Abaya Lake (elev. 3,600 

 feet), southern Ethiopia. Mar. 20, 1912. Collected by Childs Frick. 

 Childs Frick African Expedition (1911-1912). 



Cisticola subruficapilla bodessa Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (11) : 2, Aug. 30, 1913. 

 =Cisticola chiniana bodessa Mearns. See Lynes, Ibis (12) 6 (suppl. 



No.) : 620, 1930. 

 245778. Adult male in summer plumage. Bodessa (lat. 5°08' N., long. 

 37°44' E.), southern Ethiopia. May 27, 1912. Collected by Edgar 

 A. Mearns. Original number 21896. Childs Frick African Expedi- 

 tion (1911-1912). 



