NO. 14 TEN NKW AFRICAN BIRDS .MK.ARNS 7 



SPOROPIPES FRONTALIS ABYSSINICUS, new subspecies 



Abyssinian Speckled- fronted Weaver 



Type-Specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 100033, U. S. N. M. 

 Collected by Blondeel in Abyssinia. Original number, 25845. 



Characters. — Differs from Sporopipes frontalis frontalis in being 

 larger and much paler in coloration ; upper parts instead of ashy 

 brown are pale ecru drab; wings and tail paler brown with broad 

 whitish margins to the feathers; top and sides of neck paler cinna- 

 mon, with pale edging to the feathers ; forehead and front of crown 

 more brownish black, with broader white tips to the feathers ; under 

 parts almost white, with only the barest trace of a drab gray chest- 

 band ; under wing-coverts white. 



Measurements of type specimen of Sporopipes frontalis abyssini- 

 cus: Wing, 65 mm.; tail, 52; culmen (chord), 12; tarsus, 19. 



Average measnreinenfs of tzvo adult males of Sporopipes frontalis 

 frontalis (from Gondokoro, Uganda) : Wing, 62; tail, 47.5; culmen 

 (chord), 1 1.5; tarsus, 17. 



