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18,5-20 mm). Van Someren's race turkanae is said by its describe!' 

 to differ from both haiessinicus and alter in being larger (wings, 

 66-70 mm, as compared with 60-61 mm) and in having the red pectoral 

 area wider and brighter; the throat green, not bluish; the mantle 

 and rump and upper tail coverts golden-green. The size character 

 seems to be of little value, and I find enough variation in color in 

 the present series to cast some doubt on the color characters of 

 turkanae. I follow Sclater*^ in synonymizing alter and turkanae 

 with habessinicus^ for the present at least. 



The dimensions of the present series of adults are shown in table 

 69. 

 Table QQ.— Measurements of 27 specimens of Cinnyris habessinicus habessinicus 



Locality 



Ethiopia: 



Ourso --• 



Do - 



Do - 



Do 



Do- -- -- 



Do - 



Do --- 



Dire Daoua 



Do - 



Do- - 



Do - 



Do 



Do- - 



Do 



Do - 



Do - 



Duletcha 



Sadi Malka- - 



Hawash River 



Gato River 



Bodessa - 



Do-- 



Sagon River — - 



Kenya Colony: Between Lake Ste- 



fanie and Lake Rudolf. 

 Ethiopia: 



Sadi Malka 



Sagon River -- - 



Do - - - 



Sex 



Male— - 



do-, 



do. 



do., 



do. 



do. 



do- 



do- 



do- 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do- 



do. 



do. 



do- 



do- 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Female. 



do-. 



do-. 



Wing 



Mm 

 66.0 

 67.0 

 72.5 

 67.0 

 69.0 

 65.0 

 65.0 

 67.0 

 68.0 

 67.0 

 70.0 

 69.0 

 66.0 

 67.0 

 68.0 

 70.0 

 69.5 

 69.0 

 70.5 

 68.5 

 67.0 

 66.0 

 66.0 

 66.0 



61.0 

 60.0 

 60.0 



Tail 



Mm 

 47.0 

 45.0 

 51.0 

 47.5 

 50.0 

 46.5 

 46.0 

 47.0 

 49.0 

 47.0 

 53.0 

 49.0 

 47.0 

 47.0 

 50.0 

 50.0 

 50.0 

 49.5 

 49.0 

 46.0 

 49.5 

 49.0 

 45.0 

 45.5 



41.0 



42.0 

 43.0 



Culmen Tarsus 



Mm 

 21.5 

 22.5 

 24.0 

 22.0 

 22.0 

 23.0 

 21.0 

 22.0 

 22.0 

 22.0 



21.0 

 21.0 

 22.5 

 22.0 

 22.5 

 22.5 

 21.0 

 22.5 

 22.0 

 21.0 

 21.5 

 21.5 

 22.0 



20.0 

 20.0 

 19.0 



Mm 

 14.5 

 15.0 

 15.6 

 15.0 

 15.5 

 17.0 

 14.0 

 16.0 



16.5 

 16.5 

 16.5 

 16.5 

 17.0 

 17.0 

 17.0 

 15.5 

 16.0 

 16.5 

 16.0 

 17.0 

 16.0 

 16.0 

 16.0 



16.0 

 15.5 

 15.0 



These figures indicate that haiessinicus and alter and turkanae are 

 not so distinct as Neumann's and van Someren's data seemed to 

 indicate. 



The birds taken in September and October are in worn plumage; 

 the December ones are partly worn, partly in molt, and partly in fresh 

 plimiage ; adults taken in January and February and later are all in 

 rather fresh feathering. 



*'■' Systema avium iEthlopicarum, pt. 2, 688, 1930. 



