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Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus similis (Smith). 



Range. — South Africa from the eastern part of the Cape Prov- 

 ince northwards through Pondoland and Natal to the Transvaal 

 and Zululand to Gazaland, Swaziland, and Amatongaland, 

 southern Mozambique. 



Remarks. — Auriculars grayish, the orange color on the breast 

 more extensive and more intense than in the nominate form; the 

 forehead and the inner margins of the rectrices orange-yellow. 



Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus modestus (Bocage). 



Range. — Northern Angola east through the Katanga to the 

 Marungu Plateau. 



Remarks. — Like similis but with the breast much less suffused 

 with orange; the forehead and the inner margins of the rectrices 

 yellow, not orange-yellow; no black beneath the eyes; auriculars 

 grayish, paler than in any of the other races. 



Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus suahelicus (Neumann). 



Range. — Eastern Africa from central Mozambique north 

 through Tanganyika Territory to the coastal belt of Kenya 

 Colony (inland to southern Ukamba and, occasionally to Kaka- 

 mega), north to southern Italian Somaliland. 



Remarks. — This race is similar to similis, but has the forehead 

 and inner margin of the rectrices as in ?nodestus, and averages 

 smaller than the former; wings 83-92 as against 89-99 mm. in 

 similis. In this form the greenish wash on the forehead is 

 restricted to the area in front of a line drawn across from the 

 anterior end of the eyes, and usually to a rather narrow band 

 immediately adjacent to the yellow forehead stripe. 



Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus fricki, subsp. nov. 2 



Type. — No. 245461, U. S. Nat. Mus., adult male, from Sadi Malka, Ethiopia. 

 Collected December 21, 1911, by Edgar A. Mearns. 



Subspeciftc Characters. — Similar to suahelicus but with the green color on 

 the top of the head much more extensive; in adult males always reaching 

 beyond the middle of eye, and not infrequently as far as the occiput; the 

 pectoral band slightly darker; the yellow frontal stripe wider, brighter and 

 lighter. 



2 Named in honor of Mr. Childs Frick, the leader of the expedition on which 

 the type and series of this new bird were obtained. 



