456 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



characterized species, quite distinct from L. mdanog aster, of 

 which we have now eighteen specimens. 



In the adult male of L. lovati (fig. 10^ p. 454) the primaries 

 (except the first long flight-featliers) are mostly white, the 

 outer quills being tipped with black, while two or three of 

 the innermost are pure white at the tips. The secondaries 

 have the basal three-fourths or three -fifths of the outer web 

 pure white, while the greater secondary upper wing-coverts 

 are similarly coloured, producing a uniform white baud across 

 the wing when closed. 



The young male of L. lovati has the primary-quills less 

 white than those of the adult, while the outer webs of the 

 secondaries have the basal three-fifths white widely barred 

 with black. 



In the adult male of L. melano(jasfer {fig. 11, p. 455) the 

 predominating colour of the primaries is black, the inner 

 webs of the quills being largely marked with white on the 

 basal two-thirds. The secondaries are black, with one, or 

 sometimes two, moderately wide bars or spots of white across 

 the middle of the outer web; and the greater secondary 

 upper wing-coverts are transversely marked with «.A--sha2)ed 

 black bars. 



The young male of L. melanogaster has the primary-quills 

 whiter than those of the adult, and the M'hite bars on the 

 black outer webs of the secondaries somewhat wider, more 

 irregular, and mottled with butf. 



The geographical distribution of the two species is, more- 

 over, quite distinct. The British Museum contains examples 

 from the following localities : — 



Lissol'is lovati. 



Abyssinia {Riippell) ; Bilo {Blundell ^ Lovat), Scquala and 

 Aila, S. Abyssinia [Pease] ; l>i. of Y-dshoda. (Hawker) ; Bahr- 

 el-Ghazal [Flower) ; Redjaf (Em?«); Lake Nakuru [Ansorge) 

 and Kitwi, B. E. Africa [Crawshay) . 



Hah. Abyssinia, westward to the Valley of the White Nile, 

 south to Equatorial Africa, and ranging thence to British East 

 Africa. 



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