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dark as in ahyssinicus and the back as in eine^^ascens i the nominate 

 form is like ahyssinicus but somewhat darker above. 



The present form appears to have been taken but a few times in 

 northern Kenya Colony. Berger ^' procured one specimen at Lake 



30" 



O /OO lOO 300 4.00 SO O MILCS 



• SCALE • 



FiGUiiE 23. — Distribution of Sporopipes frontalis in northeastern Africa. 

 i. S. f. frontalis. S. 8. f. cineraacens. 



2. S. f. ahyssinicus. .{, 8. f. emini. 



Baringo; Mearns's specimen from tlie Endoto Mountains is another 

 record ; while the bird has been taken in Turkanaland (Moroto, etc.) 

 by van Someren and others. 



The two specimens obtained by the Frick expedition were in molt 

 when shot. 



" Journ. fUr Orn., 1911, p. 518. 



