NO. 25 EIGHT NEW AFRICAN BULBULS— MEAB 5 



Characters. — Similar to Andropadus fricki fricki Mearns, bul 

 larger, with the upper parts butty olive; sides and chest grayish 

 olive-yellow, and remaining under parts olive-ocher. In life the iris 

 was white, the bill and feet dark plumbeous. The yellow eye-ring 



is even more conspicuous than in A. f. fricki. 



Measurements of type (adult male) . — Length of skin. 188 mm.; 

 wing, 91 ; spurious primary, 33 ; tail. 91 ; culmen 1 chord >, [6.5 : depth 

 of bill at anterior border of nostril, 5.5 : width of bill at anterior bor- 

 der of nostril, 3.5 ; tarsus, 21. 



Average measurements of two adult males 1 type and topotypi 

 Wing, 90.5; tail, 89; culmen (chord), [6.5; tarsus. 21.5. 



STELGIDOCICHLA LATIROSTRIS PALLIDA, new subspecies 

 Mount ( rargues Bulbul 



Type-specimen. — Adult male. Cat. No. 217670, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 collected on the summit of Mount Gargues, altitude 7.100 feet, 

 British East Africa, Augusl 25, 101 t, by Edmund Heller. (( iriginal 

 number, 247.) 



Characters. — Most closely related to Stelgidocichla latirostris 

 eugenia (Reichenow), from the Victoria Xyanza region of Equa- 

 torial Africa, agreeing with it in the size and shape of the bill, but of 

 a much paler coloration, in the latter respect comparable to Stelgido 

 eichla latirostris efuleusis 1 Sharpe), from West Africa. It is as pale 

 as efuleusis bul more greenish, and has a shorter, stouter bill. 



Description of adult male and female. — Entire top and sid 

 head deep olive ; upper side of neck, mantle, outer wing-coverts, and 

 outer web of inner secondaries citrine-drab; wing-quills deep olive 

 edged with light yellowish olive; upper back citrine-drab, gradually 

 deepening on lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail to 

 cardo's umber; rectrices obscurely edged, externally, with yellowish 

 citrine; chin and upper throat citron-yellow ; chest, sides, flanks, and 

 thighs light yellowish olive; middle of abdomen olive-buff; edge of 

 wing, axillars, and under wing-coverts marguerite yellow; inner 

 border of quill-feathers very pale olive-buff. In dry specimens the 

 bill is brownish black; tarsi fleshy brown; toes and claws dark, 

 olivaceous brown. 



Measurements of type (adult male). Length of skin. 175 mm.; 

 wing, 87; length of spurious primary, 30; tail, 83; culmen 1 chord >, 

 14; bill from anterior margin of nostril. 8 : u idth of bjll opposite | 

 terior bonier of nostril, 7.2; tarsus, 21.8. 



Average measurements of three adult females. Wing, 86; tail, 

 86.67; culmen 1 chord 1. [3.67; tarsus, 21. 13. 



