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No. 2244. ^ ad. Bitje, River Ja, Feb. 8, 1907. 



No. 2510. (^ ad. Bitje, May 11, 1907. Iris brown; feet 

 slate-coloured. 



This is a very distinct species. It has no red on the 

 under surface, and is most nearly allied to M. ruficollis. It 

 is, however, smaller, and shews only a narrow black frontal 

 band; the sides of the crown and nape are also black, 

 leaving the centre of the crown scarlet. 



MaLIMBUS RACHELTJE. 



Malimbus rachelia (Cass.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 483 (1890); Sjostedt, J. f. O. 1892, p. 313 ; id. K. 

 Sv. Akad. Handl. xxvii. no. 1, p. 83 (1895); Reichenow, 

 Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 24 (1904). 



a. ? ad. Efulen, May 26, 1902, " Ngase.'' 



b. S ad. „ Dec. 12, 1902. '^Ngase-minku." 

 No. 153. ? ad. Efulen, May 7, 1903. "Ngas." 

 No. 372. ? ad. „ March 14, 1904. 



The female shews a scarlet and orange chest-plate like the 

 male, but has a black head. This sex was first discovered 

 by Prof. Sjostedt. 



[Specimen No. 372 was shot in the forest, and was one of 

 several seen accompanying an ejak. They uttered a long- 

 drawn buzzing " chee-ee-ee ! " reminding one of the note of 

 the village Weaver (Hijphantornis). — Gr. L. B.] 



Amblyospiza saturata, sp. n. 



Amhlyospiza capitalba (Bonap.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 504 (1890), pt. ; Beichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 101 (1904), pt. 



Nos. 1415, 1749, 1813, 1814. S ad.; 1536, 1853. ? ad. 

 River Ja, Feb. to July 1906. 



No. 2059. ? juv. Bitje, River J a, Nov. 7, 1906. 



On comparing this series with a set of skins from the 

 Gold Coast, it is evident that the Camaroon specimens 

 are both larger and darker than the examples from that 

 locality. 



The wing of true A. capitalba measures 3'2-3*4 inches, 



