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Besides the actual specimens collected, Mearns recorded this sun- 

 bird as follows: Gato River near Gardula, March 29-May 17, 30 seen; 

 Anole, May 18, 2; Karsa Barecha, June 21, 4; Malata, June 22, 4; 

 Hor, June 26-30, 10 ; dry river 18 miles south of Hor, July 1-2, 2. 



Table 71. — Measurements of 13 adult male specimens of Anthreptes orientalis 



orientalis 



Family ZOSTEROPIDAE, White-eyes 



ZOSTEROPS SENEGALENSIS FRICKI Mearns 



Zoster ops senegalensis fricki Meaens, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 61, no. 20, 

 p. 6, 1913: Bowlder Hill, Thika River, Kenya Colony. 



Specimens coi<lected: 



1 male, Endoto Mountains, Kenya Colony, July 21, 1912. 



1 male, 1 female, Tana River at mouth of Thika River, Kenya Colony, 

 August 23-25, 1912. 



2 males, 1 female. Bowlder Hill, Thika River, Kenya Colony, August 28, 

 1912. 



One of the males from Bowlder Hill (U.S.N.M. no. 245874) is the 

 type of fricki. 



This race is characterized by its small size and paler color, when 

 compared with -fiavilateralis. It is found in the Ukamba and Fort 

 Hall districts, from Simba to Fort Hall and Meru, and in the 

 Endoto Mountains, considerably to the north of its main range. The 

 specimen from the Endoto Mountains is very slightly paler below 

 than the others, but it can hardly be said to be an intergrade between 

 fricki and juhaensis. 



Van Someren ^ has recorded fricki from as far north as Archers 

 Post. The Endoto Mountains appear to be the northernmost local- 

 ity from which the race is known. 



» Journ. East Africa and Uganda Nat. Hist. Soc, no. 35, p. 64 (140), 1930. 



