NO. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 875 



MESOPICOS SPODOCEPHALUS RHODEOGASTER (Fischer and 



Reichenow). 



Finis (Mesopiciis) rliodeogaster Fischer and Reichenow, Journ. f. Oniith., 1884, 

 p. 180 (Arusclui, Manai Land, German East Africa). 



A sinolc adult iumIc, h'oni Aruscha-wa-chini, southwest of Mount 

 Kilimanjaro, seems to l)e typical of this form, as of course it should 

 be. from so near the type locality. It was taken on October 29, and 

 is molting .some of the tail-feathers, though otherwise apparently in 

 perfect pkuuage. 



Family ALAUDID.E. 



MIRAFRA POECILOSTERNA (Reichenow). 



Ahtiida pocrUodenm Keiciienow, Ornith. Central hlatt, 1879, p. 155 (Kiharadja, 

 British East Africa). 

 Three specimens: two from the plains east of Mount Kilimanjaro; and 

 one from Kalie, south of the same mountain. 'Mris brown." The last 

 of these, taken September 7, 1888, i.^ much less rufescent throughout 

 than the others, this diu> apparently to its more freshly molted, possi- 

 bh' immature, condition. 



PYRRHULAUDA LEUCOPAREIA ( Fischer and Reichenow). 



Curaphites leucopnrcia Fischer and Reichenow, Journ. f. Ornith., 1884, p. 55 

 (Nguruman, Masai Land, German East Africa). 



One female, from the plains east of Mount Kilimanjaro, January 6, 

 1889. It still retains some traces of unfinished molt. 



Family FLOCEID.E. 



TEXTOR NIGER INTERMEDIUS (Cabanis). 



Textor inii-rmedias Cabanis, von der Decken's Reisen, III, 1869, p. 32, pi. xi 

 (Kisnani, German East Africa). 

 One specimen, an adult male, from Taveta, April 2(), 1888. '' Build- 

 ing nests at this time." 



Doctor Reichenow" and Mr. Neumann* consider this bird a subspe- 

 cies of T(\rtor alhlroxtris (Vieillot), Init, by reason of its red ])ill and 

 the white on the inner webs of the primaries, it is evidently much 

 more closely related to TeHor n!grr (Smith), which latter seems to be 

 specifically distinct from Tf.rfoi' (ilh/roxtris. 



DINEMELLIA DINEMELLI (Gray). 



TexU))' dineineUi Gray, Genera Birds, II, 1844, pi. lxxxvii, fig. 2; idem, 1849, 

 p. 350; RtJPPELL, Syst. Uebers. Vog. Nord-Ost-Afr., 1845, p. 72, pi. xxx 

 (Horsfield, manuscript) (Shoa, Abyssinia). 

 Three specimens: two from the Useri River, near Mount Kiliman- 

 jaro; and one from the plains east of this mountain. "•Irides dark 



« Vogel Africas, III, 1904, p. 4. f* Journ. f. Ornith., 1905, p. 335. 



