TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 557 



Othyphantes fricki Mearns 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (14) : 1, Sept. 20, 1913. 

 =Ploceus fricki (Mearns). See Friedmann, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 



153 (2) : 397, 1937. 

 247071. Adult male. Alatta, Sidamo district, Ethiopia. Mar. 9, 1912. 



Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 20628. Childs Frick 



African Expedition (1911-1912) . 

 Ploceus jacksoni jucundus Friedmann 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 44: 117, Oct. 17, 1931. 

 275783. Adult male. Nyanza, Ruanda-Urundi Mandated Territory 



(Belgian East Africa) . Mar. 11, 1920. Collected by Harry C. Raven. 



Original number 5461. Smithsonian Institution-Universal Film Mfg. 



Co. African Expedition (1919-1920). 

 Ploceus philippinus angelorum Deignan 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 69 (36) : 211, Dec. 31, 1956. 

 307353. Adult female (sexed "male"). Bangkok (lat. 13°45' N., long. 



100°30' E.), Phra Nakhon Province, Thailand. Apr. 8, 1924. Col- 

 lected by Hugh McC. Smith. 



Genus FOUDIA Reichenbach 



Foudia aldabrana Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 16: 598, Aug. 16, 1893. 

 128692. Adult male. Aldabra Island, Aldabra Islands, western Indian 

 Ocean north of Madagascar. Oct. 5, 1892. Collected by William L. 

 Abbott. 



Genus QUELEA Reichenbach 



Quelea cardinalis pallida Friedmann 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 44: 119, Oct. 17, 1931. 

 247325. Adult female. Indunumara Mountains (about 10 miles south- 

 east of Lake Rudolf), Northern Frontier District, Kenya Colony. July 

 16, 1912. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 23055. 

 Childs Frick African Expedition (1911-1912). 



Genus ETJPLECTES Swainson 



Pyromelana flammiceps changamwensis Mearns 

 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (11) : 5, Aug. 30, 1913. 

 =Euplectes hordaceus changamwensis (Mearns). See Sclater, Systema 

 avium aethiopicarum 2: 760, 1930; Delacour, L'Oiseau et la Revue 

 frangaise d'Ornithologie (new ser.) 4 (1): 102, 1934. 

 215886. Adult "male" (in winter plumage), but sexed "female" by the 

 collector! Changamwe, Kilifi District, Coast Province, Kenya Colony. 

 Nov. 22, 1909. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 

 17548. Smithsonian African Expedition. 



