4 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 56 



CINNYRIS MEDIOCRIS KENIENSIS, new subspecies 



Mount Kenia Double-collared Sunbird 



Type-specimen.— Adult male. Cat. No. 215737, U. S. N. M. 

 Collected at West Kenia Forest Station, 7,500 feet, British East 

 Africa, September 19, 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns. Original num- 

 ber, 16865. 



Characters. — Adult male similar to Cinnyris niediocris mediocris 

 Shelley, but slightly larger, with metallic feathers of upper parts 

 less golden green ; red band across chest paler and more bricky red ; 

 lining of wings, and under parts posterior to red chest-band much 

 paler, the latter more yellowish olive-green. Adult female with 

 upper parts paler and more greenish olive-brown ; under parts paler 

 and yellower. In both sexes there is much more grayish white on 

 the outer webs and tips of the outer tail-feathers. 



Measurements of type.—Wmg, 56 mm. ; tail,46.5 ; culmen (chord) , 

 18.2; tarsus, 17.7. 



Comparative measurements. — Average of ten adult males of Cin- 

 nyris mediocris keniensis: Wing, 55.1; tail, 48.4; cuhnen (chord), 

 18.7; tarsus, 17.6. 



Average of nine adult male topotypes of Cinnyris mediocris medi- 

 ocris Shelley: Wing, 52.3; tail, 45.7; culmen (chord), 18.4; tarsus. 



Adult female (Cat. No. 215733, U. S. N. M.) of Cmnyns medio- 

 cris keniensis: Wing, 50; tail, 40; culmen (chord), 17.5; tarsus, 



Adult female (Cat. No. 215733, U. S. N. M.) of Cmnyrts medio- 

 cris mediocris: Wing, 46; tail, 37; culmen (chord), 17; tarsus, 17. 



CYANOMITRA CHANGAMWENSIS, new species 

 Changamwe Olive Sunbird 



Type-Specimen.— Adnlt female. Cat. No. 215725, U. S. N. M. 

 Collected at Changamwe (near Mombasa), British East Africa, 

 November 25, 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number, 17587. 



Characters. — Similar to Cyanomitra oUvacea ragaszii (Salvadori), 

 but much smaller, and paler on the under parts; upper parts olive 

 green of the same shade as in ragassii; under parts pale grayish 

 pea green washed with yellow, most strongly on the throat and 

 upper chest ; pectoral plumes canary yellow ; bill uniform brownish 

 black. 



Measurements of type. — Wing. 53 mm.; tail, 54; culmen (chord), 

 20; tarsus, 14.2. 



