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The general color of the upper parts is a paler, more yellowish brown ; 

 and the stripes on the crown and mantle are broader and more sharply 

 defined. 



Measurements of type (adult female). — Wing, 55 ; tail, 54; culmen 

 (chord), 1 1.2 ; depth of bill, 4.7 ; tarsus, 24. 



PYROMELANA FLAMMICEPS CHANGAMWENSIS, new subspecies 



Changamwe Fire-crowned Bishop-Bird 



Type-specimen. — Adult male (winter plumage), Cat. No. 215886, 

 U. S. National Museum ; collected at Changamwe, east coast of 

 British East Africa, November 22, 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Orig- 

 inal number, 17548.) 



Characters. — Most closely related to Pyromclana flammiceps roth- 

 schildi Neumann. Females and males of P. f. rothschildi in non- 

 breeding plumage may be distinguished from P. f. changamwensis 

 by their smaller bills and by their much lighter striping on the pileum 

 and mantle. The west coast forms, flammiceps and sylvatica, are 

 smaller and less ochraceous. 



Measurements of type. — Length of skin, 130; wing, 73; tail, 48; 

 culmen (chord), 16.2 ; greatest depth of bill, T3 ; greatest breadth of 

 maxilla, 11 ; tarsus, 21. 



Measurements of adult female. — Length of skin, 120; wing, 65; 

 tail, 41; culmen (chord), 16; greatest depth of bill, 12; greatest 

 breadth of maxilla, 11 ; tarsus, 21. 



