274 Mr. W, R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



L. congica is really separable from L. rhodoparia, the 

 greyer crown and mantle being very possibly merely signs 

 of immaturity. 



To settle this question it would be necessary to examine 

 adult birds from Kasongo ; but though Mr. Carruthers pro- 

 cured a number of specimens at Mfumbiro and Lake Kivu, he 

 does not appear to have met with the species on the Congo. 



The true L. ruhricata from South Africa may always be dis- 

 tinguished from all the above-mentioned dark-billed forms by 

 having the base of the lower mandible of a whitish horn-colour. 



Pytelia belli Grant. 



Pytelia belli Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 14 (1907). 



No. 5120. a. ^ . North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 3000 ft., 2nd Jan. 



Iris orange ; bill red ; feet pale brown. 



This bird agrees perfectly with the male type of P. belli 

 from S.E. Ruwenzori, having the grey on the cheek extending 

 beneath the eye to the lores and the red on the chin and 

 throat continued over the greater part of the chest, of which 

 only the base is yellow. 



NeISNA NYANS.E. 



Neisna dufresneiji nyans(B Neumann, J. f O. 1905, p. 350. 



Neisna minima Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 117 (1906). 



No. 5046. a. ^. Mfumbiro Volcanoes, 7000 ft., 

 24th Nov. 



No. 5070. b. ? . Lake Kivu, 4900 ft., 2nd Dec. 



Iris dark red ; upper mandible black, lower mandible 

 red ; feet black. 



In describing this form from a series of specimens collected 

 on Buwenzori at an elevation of 6000 ft., I overlooked the 

 fact that it had already been characterized by Prof. Neumann 

 from examples procured by Emin at Bukoba. The above- 

 mentioned specimens in the present collection agree perfectly 

 with the types of N. minima from B-uwenzori. 

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NiGRITA BRUNNESCENS. 



Nigrita hrunnescens Reich, iii. p. 167 (1904) ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 140 (1905). 



