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The manuscript of the present volume was completed in January 

 1932. In October 1936 it was revised as far as more recent literature 

 required, but it was found necessary to hold such revisions to the 

 minimum, for it was not possible to restudy the whole collection, and 

 furthermore a number of important papers were not available at the 

 time. 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 



Results. — Because of the unfortunately premature death of Doctor 

 Mearns, the materials he collected were left unworked for a consid- 

 erable number of years, during which time many birds present in his 

 collection were described elsewhere. In tabulating the results of the 

 expedition, I have included as forms new to science only those species 

 and subspecies described from this collection by Mearns or others 

 that are considered valid at the time of the present writing. 



FOKMS NEW TO SCIENCE 



Francolinus africanus friedmanni, 



Stephanibyx coronatus suspicax. 



Rhinoptilus africanus raffertyi. 



Otus senegalensis caecus. 



Mirafra pulpa. 



Mirafra Candida. 



Parus afer fricki. 



Pliyllastrephus cervinivcntris lonnbergi. 



Andropadus insularis fricki. 



Bradypterus alfredi fraterculus. 



Sylvietta whytii abayensis. 

 Cisticola chiniana bodessa. 

 Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus fricki. 

 Cinnyricinclus lencogaster friedmanni. 

 Cinnyris venustus blicki. 

 Zosterops senegalensis fricki. 

 Passer castanopterus fulgens. 

 Ploceus fricki. 

 Quelea cardinalis pallida. 

 Euodice cantans meridionalis. 



Besides these a good number of other birds were described from 

 other sources in connection with the study of the Frick expedition 

 material, and a larger number were named by Mearns from the collec- 

 tions made by the Smithsonian African expedition under the late 

 Colonel Roosevelt. A report upon this important expedition is now 

 in manuscript. 



BIBDS EECOEDED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM ETHIOPIA 



Melierax metabates neumanni. 

 Stephanibyx coronatus suspicax. 

 Rhinoptilus africanus raffertyi. 

 Pterocles senegalensis somalicus. 

 Streptopelia capicola somalica. 

 Streptopelia roseogrisea arabica. 

 Clamator jacobinus hypopinarus. 

 Clamator serratus serratus. 

 Otus senegalensis caecus. 

 Carine noctua somaliensis. 

 Cypsiurus parvus myochrous. 

 Trachyphonus erythrocephalus 

 soni. 



jack- 



Indicator minor erlangeri. 

 Mirafra pulpa. 

 Mirafra albicauda. 



Parus afer fricki. ""'" 



Luscinia megarhyncha africana. 

 Sylvietta whytii abayensis. 

 Cisticola chiniana bodessa. 

 Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus fricki. 

 Cinnyris venustus blicki. 

 Passer castanopterus fulgens. 

 Gymnoris pyrgita massaica. 

 Ploceus fricki. 

 Odontospiza caniceps. 



