208 Dr. J. W. -B. Gunning on a new Genus and 



22. SwYNNEETON, C. F. M. "On the Birds of Gazalaud, 



S. Ehodesia." Ibis, 1907, p. 30, pi. i. 



23. "WooDWAED, E. B. and J. D. S, "Further Notes on the 



Birds of Zululaud." Ibis, 1898, p. 216. 



24. . " On the Birds of St. Lucia Lake in Zululand." Ibis, 



1900, p. 517. 



XVI. — On a new Genus and Species belonging to the Friu- 



gillidfe from the Transvaal. By Dr. J. W. B. Gunning, 



Director of the Transvaal Museum and Zoological 



Gardens. 



Among a small collection of bird-skins acquired by the 



Museum during the year from Mr. F. 0. Noome two skins 



were found — a male and a female, which were shot in the 



llustenburg District of the Transvaal in January 1907, and 



which defied identification. 



Not believing that it was probable that quite a new 

 species would be found in a district like llustenburg, where 

 our veteran South African ornithologist Thomas Ayres had 

 collected for so many years, I took the liberty of sending 

 the skins to Prof. Dr. A. Ileichenow, who was kind enough 

 to confirm my suspicion that we had to do with an entirely 

 new species, and on closer examination and comparison it 

 was found that although closely allied to Anomalospiza, 

 Shelley, yet it could not be classed in the same genus, as it 

 presented several characteristics not agi'eeing wdth the 

 definition of that genus by Shelley. 



Professor Peichenow writes, dated 3rd June, 1907: "This 

 new form is evidently closely allied to Anomalospiza, Shelley, 

 has like that a strongly rounded tail ; the centre tail-feathers 

 are somewhat lanceolate towards the tip. The beak resembles 

 that of Anomalospiza, but the culmen is more curved, the 

 lower mandible narrower (less high). The wing differs in 

 this respect tliat the first lanceolate primary is still more 

 distinct than in Anomalospiza', the second and fifth primaries 

 are smaller than in Anomalospiza. The markings of the 



