NO. 14 TEN NEW AFRICAN BIRDS — MgARNS 5 



Remarks. — A second female specimen (Cat. No. 215727, U. S 

 N. M.) is albinistic. The upper parts are whitish drab, washed with 

 yellow ; under parts grayish white washed with yellow ; bill and feet 

 uniformly brown; wing, 52; tail, 41 ; culmen (chord), 19.7; tarsus, 

 13-5. 



ANTHREPTES COLLARIS ELACHIOR, new subspecies 

 Lesser Collared Sunbird 



Type-specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 215747, U. S. N. M. 

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

 November 25, 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number, 17593. 



Characters. — Smaller and paler than Anthreptes collaris sambesi- 

 anus (Shelley); upper metallic parts less coppery golden green; 

 middle under parts canary instead of lemon yellow; outer webs of 

 secondaries yellowish olive-green instead of bronzy yellowish green ; 

 sides paler and grayer. 



Comparative measurements. — Average of six adult males of 

 Anthreptes collaris elachior (five from Changamwe and one from 

 Zanzibar) : Wing, 46.7 mm.; tail, 35.8; culmen (chord), 13.7; tar- 

 sus, 14.3. Average of seven adult males of Anthreptes collaris 

 jsambesianus (from Taveta, Juja Farm, and Honi River (in the 

 Mount Kenia district), British East Africa): Wing, 50.3 ; tail, 42; 

 culmen (chord), 14.7; tarsus, 15.9. 



Average of four adult female topotypes of Anthreptes collaris 

 elachior: Wing, 45; tail, 33.5; culmen (chord), 13.3; tarsus, 14.5. 

 Average of four adult females of Anthreptes collaris samhesianns 

 from Taveta, British East Africa: Wing, 48.3; tail, 37.5; culmen 

 (chord), 14.5; tarsus, 15.6. 



Remarks. — An adult male (Cat. No. 14895 1, U. S. N. M.) from 

 Zanzibar is so entirely similar to the Changamwe series that I have 

 no hesitation in referring it to the present form. 



PSEUDONIGRITA ARNAUDI KAPITENSIS, new subspecies 



Kapiti Social-Weaver 

 Philetcsrus etnini Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 249 (Machakos). 



Type-Specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 213773, U. S. N. M. 

 Collected at Juja Farm, Kapiti Plains, British East Africa, May 14, 

 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns. Original number, 15770. 



Characters. — Differs from Pseudonigrita arnaudi arnaudi (Bona- 

 parte) in being decidedly larger, with the colors paler throughout, 



