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Table 20. — Measurements of 25 specimens of Pycnonotus dodsoui peasei from 

 Kenya Colony — CJontinued 



PYCNONOTUS TRICOLOR FAYI Mearns 



Pycnonotus layardi fayi Meabns, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 56, no. 20, p. 7, 



1911: Fay's Farm, Njabiui, Kenya Colony. 

 Specimens collected : 1 male, 9 females, Escarpment, Kenya Colony, September 



4-10, 1912. 



I have examined a series of over 200 specimens of the races of this 

 bird and find that the conclusions reached by Sclater «^ are correct 

 except for the following points : 



1. P. tricolor fallidus is a recognizable, though not too well differ- 

 entiated form. 



2. The names phaeocepJialus Mearns and fanganjicae Keichenow 

 are synonyms of minor and not of typical tricolor. 



3. The range of the nominate form does not extend to Uganda, as 

 minor is the resident form in that country as well as in Ruanda, 

 Urundi, northwestern Tanganyika Territory, and the eastern Bel- 

 gian Congo. 



The present race is a common bird in its range, and it is significant 

 on that account that it was not met with in the Indunumara and 

 Endoto Mountains. Mount Kenya and Muhuroni appear to con- 

 stitute its northern limits. 



The breeding season is during September and October, and prob- 

 ably March as well. 



The male collected has the following dimensions: Wing, 90; tail, 

 79; culmen, 16; tarsus, 21 mm. The females: Wing, 88-94; tail, 79- 

 84 ; culmen, 14-16 ; tarsus, 20-22 mm. It appears that the male is a 

 particularly small one, as van Someren «^ gives 95 to 102 mm as the 

 wine leno-th in the males in his series. 



•« Systema avium JEthiopicarum, pt. 2, pp. 371-372, 1930. 

 "Nov. Zool., vol. 29, p. 190, 1922. 



