NO. 20 FIFTEEN NEW AFRICAN BIRDS — MEARNS II 



Average measurements of three adult females of Eminia lepidus 

 hypochlorus: Wing, 66.7 mm.; tail, 62.3; culmen (chord), 17.2; 

 tarsus, 24.7. 



Remarks. — All of the specimens from west of Lake Victoria are 

 typical lepidus, while those from British East Africa, east of Vic- 

 toria Nyanza, are hypochlorus, although several specimens from the 

 Southern N'Guaso Nyiro, in the Sotik District, and from Lake 

 Naivasha verge toward the western form. 



SYLVIETTA WHYTII LORINGI, new subspecies 



Loring's Bush-Warblcr 



Type-specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 215360, U. S. N. AL 

 Collected at Fort Hall, 3900 feet, British East Africa, October 28, 

 1909, by J. Alden Loring. Original number, 531. 



Characters. — Most closely related to Sylvietta zvhytii jacksoni, 

 but slightly smaller and considerably paler in color; the upper parts 

 are more buffy, and paler, gray ; the wing-quills are much paler 

 brown ; the under parts are pinkish buff instead of ochraceous-buff ; 

 the bill and feet lighter, with the mandible pale throughout. 



Measurements of type (adult male).— Wing, 61 mm.; tail, 25; 

 culmen (chord), 11. 7; tarsus, 19.6. 



Measurements of adult female topotype. — Wing, 56 mm. ; tail, 25 ; 

 culmen (chord), 11. 5 ; tarsus, 18. 



Average measurements of two adult males of Sylvietta whytii 

 jacksoni. — Wing, 62.5 mm.; tail, 30; culmen (chord), 12; tarsus, 19. 



Measurements of one adult female of Sylvietta whytii jacksoni. — 

 Wing, 59 mm.; tail, 26; culmen (chord), 12; tarsus, 19. 



Remarks. — I also refer to this form an adult female specimen 

 (Cat. No. 1 181 54, U. S. N. M.), collected at Taveta, British East 

 Africa, July 6, 1888, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. It measures: Wing, 

 57 mm.; tail, 26; culmen (chord), 11; tarsus, 17. This specimen 

 has been recorded as Sylvietta whytii jacksoni (Sharpe), by Ober- 

 holser, in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 

 vol. xxviii, 1905, p. 906. 



