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dififers from it in its lighter coloration. The head and wings are a 

 paler blue; the lores are dark blue; the mantle is a more golden 

 olive-green ; the rump-patch is a clearer yellow ; the tail-feathers 

 have more yellow on the bases of the feathers and correspondingly 

 narrower black tips ; the under parts are a clearer, less ochery yel- 

 low ; the white brow-patch is larger. 



A young male topotype, in first plumage (Cat. No. 215580, 

 U. S. N. M.), is much paler than the young of cucnllata from Mount 

 Kilimanjaro, and has the pale centers of the feathers of the chest 

 enlarged and grayish white, slightly tinged with yellow ; the greater 

 wing-coverts are not tipped with yellow ; the chin, throat, and abdo- 

 men are grayish white, slightly mixed with blackish, and washed 

 with pale buff; the yellow upon the inner webs of the rectrices ex- 

 tends nearly to their tips. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 83 mm.; tail, 68; culmen (chord), 

 13.5; tarsus, 25. 



Remarks. — Tarsiger elgonensis Ogilvie-Grant, recently described 

 from Mount Elgon, British East Africa, differs from P. c. kenicnsis 

 in having the outer tail-feathers black except at the extreme base, 

 which is yellow, and in being a trifle larger. 



EMINIA LEPIDUS HYPOCHLORUS, new subspecies 



Green-sided Bush-Warbler 



Type-Specimen.— Ad\At male. Cat. No. 215355, U. S N. M. Col- 

 lected at Wambugu, 5500 feet, British East Africa, October 24, 

 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns Original number, 17301. 



Characters. — Differs from Eminia lepidiis lepidus Hartlaulj, in 

 being slightly larger and in the following details of coloration : the 

 forehead is gray, almost as dark as the crown, instead of whitish ; 

 the olive-green of the upper parts is paler and yellower ; the shoul- 

 der and bend of the wing have much less chestnut color ; the under 

 parts are gray instead of grayish white ; the sides olive-green instead 

 of gray faintly washed with green. 



Measurements of type (adult male). — Wing, 66 mm. ; tail, 69 ; cul- 

 men (chord), 18; tarsus, 26. 



Comparative measurements. — Measurements of Eminia lepidus 

 lepidus adult male: Wing, 67 mm.; tail, 65; culmen (chord), 16; 

 tarsus, 26. 



Average measurements of six adult males of Eminia lepidus 

 hypochlorus: Wing, 69 mm. ; tail, 70.5 ; culmen (chord), 17.9 ; tarsus. 

 26.1. 



