BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 



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Soft parts: Iris brown or hazel brown; bill black or olivaceous 

 black, the basal half of the mandible, and the sides and base of the 

 maxilla dull yellowish; feet dull yellow or yellowish olive; claws 

 brown. 



Two of the adults are marked " $ ," but as they have no sign of 

 any tarsal spurs, and are not immature, I list them as females, which 

 they probably are. 



H. B. Conover, who has examined the present series, informs me 

 that they are the same as a specimen from the lowlands at the base 

 of Mount Arussa which was compared with, and found to be like the 

 type of archeri by Doctor Hellmayr. Conover writes me that the 

 Arussa bird is slightly paler, less buffy, on the underparts than the 

 type of archeri,, but that the type is probably stained. 



The present series constitutes the southernmost record for the race, 

 and an extension of the known range of about 400 miles. As far 

 as I know, the subspecies is known from onlj^ three localities (and 

 eight specimens) — the type locality. Mount Daro, which is the north- 

 ernmost spot at which it has been taken, the specimen in the Field 

 Museum from the base of Mount Arussa, and the present series from 

 Bodessa. 



The immature birds are browner above than the adults, and lack 

 the black marks on the sides of the white throat patch. The younger 

 of the two (U.S.N.M. 243207) has no black spots behind the auric- 

 ulars either, while the older individual (U.S.N.M. 243206) has a 

 white streak spotted with black, running from the posterior margin 

 of the ear-coverts to the base of the neck where it connects with a 

 similar transverse band which extends across, and caudally termi- 

 nates, the white throat area. This specimen has a few small black 

 spots on the lateral margins of the throat. The younger bird has 

 much more rufous on the breast and sides, and much less of the 

 blackish wavy barrings on the underparts than has the older one. 

 The younger specimen is also more bulTy below than the other. 



The four adult birds vary in the ground color of the abdomen, 

 which is light yellow buff in one, almost white in another, and 

 slightly grayer in still another. Likewise the amount of deep rufous 

 markings on the breast varies, as does also the intensity of the dark 

 bars of the flanks. 



The measurements of the adult birds collected are : 



94312—30- 



