NO. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOT'KT KriBfAXJARO—OnFJUIOLSER. S()9 



bird true minor. The latter {minor of Riippell) is in vealit}^ identical 

 with jxichyrhynehuK of HeugTin," which is .speciHcally distinct from 

 mlnoi\ as hereinafter shown. The bird named diddematas by Riippell, 

 though closely related to minor, appears to be subspecifically separable. 

 Neumann, missing the point that there are two distinct species found 

 tog-ether in northeastern Africa, also failing to discover Riippell's 

 error in idcntitication of min.<yi\ thereby identitied diadem<itu.s 

 Riippell with jxtchijrlnjnchn^ Heuglin. Then, as a natural consequence, 

 he thought tiie northern form of minor {diadi'vudic^) undescribed. 

 and renamed it teiteiimxJ' The latter name must tbei-efore give way 

 to diadf'm((fiis^ unless future investigation prove the bird from the 

 Kilimanjaro region dilferent from both the South African minor and 

 the Abyssinian diademattis. 



MELIGNOTHES EXILIS MELIPHILUS, new subspecies. 



Clmrs. std)t</>. — Similar to MelignotJits exilin exiiix.^' but decidedly 

 larger; white area on tail less extensive; crown and cervix much more 

 tinged with yellowish olive green; upper parts less streaked with dark 

 brown — almost uniform. 



I)escri.ption.~-Ty\)Q, adult male, Cat. No. 117965, U.S.N.M.; 

 Taveta, British East Africa, August 15, 1888; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Pileum and nape dull grayish olive green, the extreme forehead black- 

 ish, with a very small white spot behind the nostrils, the feathers of 

 the fore part of the crown with blackish shafts; back, scapulars, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts golden olive green, the centers of the feathers 

 narrowly and obscurely brownish, this barel}^ noticeable when the 

 plumage is undisturbed; four middle tail-feath<n-s blackish brown, 

 edged with olive green; remaining rectrices white, with restricted tips 

 of dark brown, and similarly colored basal areas that on the two outer 

 pairs of feathers are barely visible, but on the others occupy diagonally . 

 nearly two-thirds of the length; wings fuscous, the quills edged exter- 

 nally with golden olive green, the greater and median coverts more 

 broadly margined with the same, the lesser coverts almost uniform 

 olive; sides of head and neck brownish gray with a wasli of greenish; 

 chin whitish, ])roadly streaked with dark brownish gray; throat plain 

 brownish ashy; breast, sides, and iianks dull butfy gray with a green- 

 ish tinge, the iianks paler and broadly streaked with dark brown; 

 abdomen and crissum brownish white; under wing-coverts brownish 

 gray, the axillars paler, the edge of wing whitish olive yellow; bill 

 brownish black, the base of mandible decidedly paler. Length of wing, 

 73; tail, 47.5; exposed culraen, 7.5; tarsus^ 12.5; middle toe, 11 nun. 



a Mellgnothes pachyrkijnchn>i Yle\\^\\n, Journ. f. Ornith., 1S(>4, p. 2H(i. 

 &Journ. f. Ornith., 1900, p. 195. 

 c Type compared. 



