TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 423 



by Edmund Heller. Original number 297. Rainey African Expedition 



(1911). 

 Cossypha natalensis intensa Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (20) : 2, Nov. 29, 1913. 

 =Cossypha natalensis natalensis A. Smith. See Friedmann, in Friedmann 



and Loveridge, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 81 : 251, 1937. 

 118105. Adult male. Taveta, Teita District, Kenya Colony. Apr. 26, 



1888. Collected by William L. Abbott. 



Genus POGONOCICHLA Cabanis 



Pogonocichia cucullata helleri Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (20) : 1, Nov. 29, 1913. 



=Pogonocichla margaritata orientalis (Fischer and Reichenow) ? See 

 Friedmann, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 153 (2) : 157, 1937. 



217720. Adult male. Summit of Mount Mbololo, elev, 4,400 feet ("in the 

 Taita Hills, about midway between Kilimanjaro and the coast," fide 

 Hollister, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull 99:22, 1918), Teita District, Kenya 

 Colony. Nov. 8, 1911. Collected by Edmund Heller. Original num- 

 ber 416. Paul J. Rainey African Expedition ( 1911 ) . 

 Pogonocichia cucullata keniensis Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 56 (20) : 9, Apr. 17, 1911. 



^=Pogonocichla margaritata keniensis Mearns. See Friedmann, U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. Bull. 153 (2) : 156, 1937. 



215577. Adult male. Western slope of Mount Kenya (at elev. 10,700 

 feet), North Nyeri or South Nyeri District, Kenya Colony. Sept. 29, 

 1909. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 16942. 

 Smithsonian African Expedition. 



Genus ERYTHROPYGIA A. Smith 



Erythropygia coryphaeus abboti Friedmann 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 45 : 65, Apr. 2, 1932. 

 331162. Adult (sex not indicated). Fish River, 6 miles from Berseba, 

 Great Namaqualand, Territory of South-West Africa. Mar. 1, 1931. 

 Collected by Margaret Sordahl (Mrs. Louis 0. Sordahl). Original 

 number 23. 

 Since this form was named in honor of Charles G. Abbot, Secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, the subspecific name is correctly spelled. 

 Erythropygia leucophrys jungens Bowen 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 47 : 162, Oct. 2, 1934. 

 217480. Adult male. Kabalolot Hill (at the head of the Amala River), 

 Kericho District or Masai Reserve, Kenya Colony. May 7, 1911. Col- 

 lected by Edmund Heller. Original number 114. Rainey African 

 Expedition (1911). 



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