384 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Collections of 



southernmost point at which it had previously been obtained 

 being apparently Sierra Leone. 



t7] . Lamprocolius purpureiceps (J, & E. Verr.) ; Hartl., 

 Orn. Westafr. p. 119; Id., Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 23. 



One specimen of this fine Glossy-Thrush, which was origi- 

 nally described from Gaboon. Its appearance in the Fantee 

 Country is therefore of very great interest. 



t72. Onychognathus hartlaubi, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 

 291 ; Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 1859, p. 36. 



One specimen of this extremely rare bird, of which, I believe, 

 only two other examples, the types in the British Museum, are 

 known to exist. Unfortunately my specimen is without its tail. 



73. Spermospiza guttata (Vieill.) ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 138. 



One female specimen. The specific name is altogether inap- 

 plicable to the male bird. 



t74. NiGRiTA UROPYGiALis, sp. nov. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 

 N. affinis N. fusconotse, sed statura minor'e et uropygio dilute 

 ochraceo distinguenda. 



This new Nigrita is certainly distinct from the true N.fusco- 

 nota of Fraser, the type of which, from Fernando Po, is in the 

 British Museum. A very good plate of that species is given by 

 Mr. Fraser in the ' Zoologia Typica' (pi. 49); and it will be 

 seen that my new bird difi'ers conspicuously by its very distinct 

 cream-coloured rump, that part in the species from Fernando 

 Po being of the same colour as the rest of the back. The fol- 

 lowing are measurements of the two species taken from the 

 typical specimens. 



Whole length. Wing. Tail. 



N. fusconoia (Fernando Po) . . 4 inches . . 2'15 1-55 

 N. uropygialis (Fantee) 3*9 „ . . 2*0 1-9 



It will be observed that my new species, though generally 

 smaller, has a longer tail than the insular bird. The rectrices 

 also are much more glossy. 



t75. Nigrita emili^, sp. nov. (Plate XI. fig. 2.) 



