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mentioning to Governor Ussher that Dr. Finsch, to whom I had 

 sent my typical example, believed it to be /. hollii, he informed 

 me that this must be a mistake; for his collector in Fantee bad 

 brought him the bird as a very rare species and different from /. 

 bulla, of which Mr. Ussher has seen during his residence in Fantee 

 about a dozen specimens, while of I. castaneiceps he has seen but 

 this one. A comparison of the two birds, however, is all that is 

 needed to show their entire distinctness from each other. 



3. Crateropus HAYNESi, sp. n. 



Craleropus ati'ipennis, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 79 (1856, nee 

 Sw.). 



C. affinis C. atripenni, Sw., sed capite nigro et gutture circum- 

 scripte cinereo distinguendus : long, tota 7*5, alee 4*5, caudse 

 3*4, tarsi r45jrostr. culm. TO. 

 Hah. Accra {Haynes). 



This species differs from the true C. atripennis in the particulars 

 which are stated in the accompanying Table. 



C, atripennis, Sw. 



Crown grey, duller in the centre, 

 the frontal feathers tipped with 

 white, the plumes long and oval. 



Throat and fore part of the chest 

 grey. 



Feet yellowish, with orange-co- 

 loured nails. 



C haynesi, Shai-pe. 

 Crown black, the feathers shorter 

 and more rounded. 



Throat alone grey. 



Feet dark brown, with orange- 

 coloured nails. 



It would appear from Dr. Hartlaub's description (/. c.) that 

 he took his characters of the present species /rom a Gold-Coast 

 specimen. I have now lying before me three examples from 

 the Gambia, all of them agreeing with Swainson's description 

 and differing from that of Dr. Hartlaub in the way above men- 

 tioned. 



4. ^GITHALUS CAROLI, sp. U. 



JE(/ithalus minutus, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 35 {nee Shaw), 



jE. supra olivaceo-cinerascens, uropygio magis fulvescente: 



fronte et facie laterali flavidis, brunneo paullo variis : remi- 



gibus et Cauda fumoso-brunneis, anguste olivaceo margi- 



natis : subtiis albescens, pectore imo cum abdomine et 



