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PARUS AFER BARAKAE Jackson 



Parus harnkae Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 639 : Njempa, near Lake Baringo, Kenya 



Colony. 

 Specimens collected: 



1 male, Indunumara Mountains, Kenya Colony, July 13, 1912. 



3 males, 2 females, Endoto Mountains, Kenya Colony, July 1^20, 1912. 



3 males, Lekiundu River, Kenya Colony, August 6, 1912, 



The characters and range of this form have been discussed under 

 the preceding race. The specimens collected are all in somewhat 

 worn condition but do not show signs of molt. Their dimensions are 

 given in table 14. 



Besides these specimens, Mearns noted this form on several occa- 

 sions. The following records are extracted from his field books: 

 Indunumara Mountains, July 14, 6 birds seen; Endoto Mountains, 

 July 19-20, 10 noted; Northern Guaso Nyiro River, July 31-August 

 3, 10 seen ; Lekiundu River, August 4-8, 40 ; Tharaka district, August 

 12, 6 birds observed. 



Table 14. — Measurements of nine specimens of Parus afer barakae from Kenya 



Colony 



PARUS NIGER LACUUM Neumann 



Figure 8 



Parus niger lacuum Nettmann, Orn. Monatsb., vol. 13, p. 77, 1905: Suksuki River, 



Lake Zwai, Ethiopia. 

 Specimens collected: 



1 female, Hawash River, Ethiopia, February 10, 1912. 



2 females, Serre, Ethiopia, February 13, 1912. 

 1 male, Loco, Ethiopia, March 15, 1912. 



The arrangement of the subspecies of this black titmouse, as given 

 by Sclater ^^ is upheld by a small series studied in the present con- 

 nection. I have examined specimens of four of the six forms — niger , 



*^ Systema avium iEthiopicarum, pt. 2, pp. 641-642, 1930. 



