NO. 20 TEX NEW AFRICAN 1URDS — MEARNS 5 



SYLVIETTA LEUCOPHRYS KENIENSIS, new subspecies 

 Kenia White-eyebrowed Crombec 



Type-specimen. — Adult male, Cat. No. 215605, l". S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 collected at 8,500 feet altitude on Mount Kenia, British Mast Africa, 

 ( >ctober 13, 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns. I < Irigina] number, 17130.) 



Characters. — Differs from Sylvietta leucophrys leucophrys from 

 Mount Elgon in being paler, more olivaceous, and with the supra- 

 orbital area reduced to a narrow whitish stripe, obsolete behind the 

 orbit. 



Measurements of type (adult male). — Length of skin, 80; wing, 

 58; tail, 25; culmen (chord), 10; tarsus, 22.5. 



SYLVIETTA BRACHYURA TAVETENSIS, new subspecies 

 Taveta Crombec 



Type-specimen. — Adult female, Cat. No. 118155, U. S. Nat. Mus. : 

 collected on the plains of Taveta, in southeastern British East Africa, 

 August 13, 1888, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Characters. — Most closely related to Sylvietta brachyura leucopsis 

 (Reichenow), but smaller, with the upper parts browner, less grayish, 

 the whitish of the abdomen more contracted and contrasting less 

 with the rufescent sides and chest, with the chest more intensely 

 tawny-olive, and with the white confined to the chin and not extend- 

 ing to the upper throat. 



Measurements of type (adult female). — Length of skin, 75 ; wing, 

 46; tail, 20; culmen (chord), 9; tarsus, 17. 



Measurements of adult female of Sylvietta brachyura leucopsis 

 ( from Lakiundu River, near the type locality). — Length of skin, 75 ; 

 wing, 47 ; tail, 20; culmen (chord), 10; tarsus, 17. 



Remarks. — In the subspecies leucopsis, from Lakiundu and the 

 northern Guaso Nyiro rivers north to Dire Daoua, Abyssinia, the only 

 variation noticeable is a slight increase in size to the northward. 



MELANIPARUS AFER FRICKI, new subspecies 

 Frick's Titmouse 



Type-specimen. — Adult male, Cat. No. 245844, U. S. Nat. Mus.; 

 collected at Dire Daoua. Abyssinia. December!). [911, by Edgar A. 

 Mearns. (Original number, [9581.) 



Characters. — Most closely related to Mclaniparus afer baraka 

 (Jackson), from the region around Lake Baringo, British East 

 Africa, from which it differs in having a larger black spol on the 



