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A siiiu'li' pair of .\i-//ort>/>.s)/r///i.i (luxorf/ei was (ibtaiiii'd h\ Dr. W. .1. Ansorge, 

 uf'tiT w'lKiiii flic l)inl has been named, at Lobango in Mossamedes, in IVbniary 190(). 



The male is in iierCecf oonilition, while the femah' is, nntnrtniiati'ly, niucii 

 damaged l)_v shot. 



3. Graueria vittata Hart. 

 (Fl. XIV. tig. -Z.) 

 Described li'ill /!. I). Chih, xxiii. p. 8, October liKjn. 



Tliis cnrioiis new liird is ulso generically different from ail Icnown birds. 

 J tliinl; it is nearest allied to the genns Mitcro.fijIieiiuH, but the bill is niueh stronger 

 and shorter and less hooked at the tip, while the tail is rather longer and the 

 reetriees are mnch wider. The rictal bristles are weak. The sexes are alike. The 

 barred throat and foreneck liave the appearance as if they were signs of inimariirity, 

 but we have received a nice series, mostly of adult birds. 



Mr. Rudolf Grauer sent us the following specimens : 



4 cJcJ, 1 ? from the high forest about 00 kilometres west of Lake Albert- 

 Edward, 161(0 m. above the sea, shot in February 1908. 



1 ?, Rngege forest, S.E. of Lake Kivn, 6. xii. 1007. 



4 (?c?, 5 ? ?, Primeval forest west of Lake Tanganyika, 'iooo m., shot in June 

 and July 1008. 



1 c?, 1 ?, 1 sex not stated, Primeval forest near Baraka in the Congo Free 

 State, north-west of Lake Tanganyika, 2ot)ij m., November and December 1908. 



3. Diaphorophyia graueri Hurt. 

 (PI. XV. figs. 1, -Z.) 



Described Bull B. 0. Chib, x.xiii. p. 7, October 1908. 



We have only received the two males and two females which served i'or the 

 original description. They were obtained in the primeval forest about 00 kilometres 

 west of Lake Albert Edward, at elevations of 1600 m. above the level of the sea. 



Of JHophoroph/iu aiisorgei Hart. {BiiU. B. 0. Club, xv. p. 74, May 1905) 

 another female has been obtained in Kamernn !)y Mr. Hates. This has lieen fit;ured 

 in the Ibis. The male remains still unknown. 



4. Lioptilus rufocinctus Rothsch. 

 (PI. XV. fig. 3.) 



This beautiful large species has l)een described by Mr. Rothschild in the Bull. 

 B. O. CLuh xxiii. p. 0, October 1008. We have only received the five specimens 

 meutioDed in the original description, which were obtained in December 1907 in the 

 Rugege forest south-east of Lake Kivn, by Mr. Grauer, 



The sjjecies lias no near ally. Both Professors Reiehenow and Neumann, who 

 examined specimens of this bird, were in favour of creating a new genus for it, 

 but 1 agree with Mr. Rothschild that it can safely be included in the genus 

 Liojjtilun, or J'in-Ojjhasma if the latter is separated, though the rictal bristles are 

 not quite so strongly developed in the new species. 



