TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 447 



217132. Adult female in molt. "Rhino Camp" (on the left bank of the 

 Bahr-el-Jebel at lat. 2°55' N.), about 15 miles north of Wadelai, West 

 Nile District, Northern Province, Uganda Protectorate. Jan. 20, 1910. 

 Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 18132. Smithsonian 

 African Expedition. 

 Cisticola robusta tana Mearns 



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



=Cisticola natalensis kapitensis Mearns. See Lynes, Ibis (12) 6 

 (suppl. No.) : 667, 1930. 



245695. Adult male in winter plumage. "Camp No. 5 (Childs Frick 

 Expedition), Tana River" (a site on the left bank of the Upper Tana 

 somewhere between lat. 0°12' S., long. 38°00' E. and the mouth of the 

 Thika River), Kenya Colony. Aug. 19, 1912. Collected by Edgar 

 A. Mearns. Original number 23756. Childs Frick African Expedi- 

 tion (1911-1912). 

 Cisticola strangei kapitensis Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 56 (25) : 4, Nov. 23, 1911. 



=Cisticola natalensis kapitensis Mearns. See Lynes, Ibis (12) 6 

 (suppl. No.) : 640, 1930. 



213547. Adult male in summer plumage. Potha (elev. 4,250 feet), 

 Kapiti Plains, Masai Reserve or Machakos District, Kenya Colony. 

 Apr. 29, 1909. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 

 15644. Smithsonian African Expedition. 

 Cisticola hypoxantha reichenowi Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 56 (25) : 6, Nov. 23, 1911. 



=Cisticola hrachyptera reichenowi Mearns. See Lynes, Ibis (12) 6 

 (suppl. No.) : 657, 1930. 



215430. Immature (not adult) male. Changamwe, Kilifi District, 

 Kenya Colony. Nov. 30, 1909. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. 

 Original number 17702. Smithsonian African Expedition. 



Genus PRINIA Horsfield 



Franklinia rufescens dalatensis Riley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 53 : 79, June 28, 1940. 

 =Prinia rufescens dalatensis (Riley). See Deignan, Smithsonian Misc. 



Coll. 103 (3) : 4, 1942. 

 359217. Adult male. Fimnon (elev. 3,000 feet). Province of Phanrang, 

 southern Annam. August 1939 (not 1935). Collected by Joseph 

 F. C. Rock. Original number 659. 

 Prinia rufescens objurgans Deignan 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 103 (3) : 3, Sept. 1, 1942. 

 334623. Adult male. Ban Si Racha (lat. 13°10' N., long. 100°55' E.), 

 Province of Rayong, southeastern Thailand. Apr. 19, 1934. Col- 

 lected by Hugh McC. Smith. Original number 7064. 



