NO. 13 NEW AFRICAN BIRDS — MEARNS 3 



carmine, lower surface dahlia purple ; upper side of tail blackish 

 violet, paler on outer webs of lateral rectrices ; thighs and crissum 

 violet-gray with a slight admixture of green to the feather-tips. 



Average measurements of two adult males from Mount Kiliman- 

 jaro. — Wing, 168.5; tail, 185; culmen (chord), 23; tarsus, 39.2. 



Average measurements of five adult females from Mount Kiliman- 

 jaro (4,000 to 7,000 feet). — Wing, 164; tail, 182; culmen (chord), 

 21.5; tarsus, 39.1. 



Geographical range. — From the Meru and Kilimanjaro mountains, 

 on the east, westward across German East Africa, and into British 

 East Africa in the hills of the Sotik District, on the headwaters of the 

 Southern N'guasso Nyiro River ( Ngare Narok River) , in the south- 

 western part of British East Africa. 



Remarks. — The original form hartlaubi differs from all of the 

 others in having a more saturated coloration. 



TURACUS HARTLAUBI MEDIUS, new subspecies 



Mount Kenia Plantain-eater 



Type-specimen. — Adult female, Cat. No. 214870, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 collected on Mount Kenia at 10,000 feet altitude, British East Africa, 

 October 4, 1909, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number, 17008.) 



SubspeciHc characters. — Wings and back helvetia blue; anterior 

 under parts, sides of face, neck, and upper back cerro green, with 

 less admixture of blue to the feathering of the upper back than in 

 the typical form; upper side of head dark violet-blue; upper surface 

 of red portion of wings pomegranate purple, lower surface pansy 

 purple ; upper side of tail cyanine blue, darker on middle pair of 

 rectrices ; thighs and crissum blackish violet-gray. 



Measurements of type (adult female). — Wing, 176; tail, 188.5; 

 culmen (chord), 23; tarsus, 39.5. 



Average measurements of five adult male topotypes. — Wing, 169 ; 

 tail, 187; culmen (chord), 22.3; tarsus, 39.7. 



Average measurements of seven adult female topotypes. — Wing, 

 168; tail, 184.5; culmen (chord), 22.5; tarsus, 38.7. 



Geographical range. — Forested highlands, north of the Uganda 

 Railway, from Machacos to Lake Victoria. 



TURACUS HARTLAUBI CRISSALIS, new subspecies 

 Crissal Plantain-eater 



Type-specimen. — Adult female, Cat. No. 21 7621, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; 

 collected on Mount Mbololo, east of Mount Kilimanjaro, latitude 3° 



