2 BULLETIN OF THE LIVERPOOL MUSEUMS. 
plates and blocks, will be published as a special volumie, which is now in active 
preparation. In the following pages, meanwhile, short diagnoses of some of 
the more conspicuous zoological novelties are given. 
I. Descriptions of the New Species of Birds. 
By W. R. OGILviE-GRANT and Henry O. Forsss, LL.D. 
(1) Scops socotranus. 
Adult male :—Most nearly allied to S. giu, but paler and greyer, the occiput 
and nape whitish, with fine transverse mottlings of brownish black ; primary 
coverts mostly rufous, forming a rather conspicuous patch; the tips of the 
primary quills mostly pale rufous, instead of brownish grey ; belly white, 
with very few black arrow-head markings. The feathering on the tarsus 
less extended, and terminating 0°2 inch from the basal joints of the toes. Iris 
yellow ; bill blackish horn-colour. 
Total length (measured in the flesh), 7-0 inches; wing, 5-0; tail, 2-2; 
tarsus, 1°25. 
Habitat. Sokotra. 
(2) Fringillaria insularis. 
Adult male :—Most nearly allied to F. tuhapisi, from which it differs in 
having the inner margin of the secondaries devoid of rufous, and the general 
colour of the chest and rest of the under parts pale brick colour, instead of 
dull rufous chestnut. Iris brown; culmen blackish horn ; cutting edges of 
the upper and the whole of the lower mandible orange yellow ; tarsiand feet 
flesh-colour ; claws blackish horn. 
Adult female :—Similar to the female of F. fahapisi, but the inner margins 
of the secondaries are devoid of rufous, and the chest and rest of under parts 
are pale brick-colour. 
Male:—Total length (measured in the flesh), 5:2 inches; culmen, 0°38; 
wing, 2°9; tail, 2:2; tarsus, 0°6. 
Female :—Total length (measured in the flesh), 5-2 inches ; culmen, 0-4; 
wing, 2°8 ; tail, 2°25 ; tarsus, 0°62. 
Habitat. Sokotra, from sea-level to an elevation of 3500 feet, where its 
place is taken by F. socotrana. 
(3) Fringillaria socotrana. 
Adult male :—A very distinct species, most nearly allied to the male of 
F. insularis, from which it differs in having the rump feathers tipped with 
white forming a conspicuous white patch. The wing-coverts and basal half 
of the outer edge of the secondaries dull rufous chestnut ; the chin and throat 
white; the chest and upper breast dull rufous chestnut ; the lower breast, 
belly, and under tail-coverts whitish. Iris dark brown; culmen blackish 
horn ; cutting edges of the upper and the whole of the lower mandible 
orange yellow ; tarsi yellowish flesh ; toes dusky ; claws blackish horn. 
Adult female :—Similar to the male. 
Male :—Total length (measured in the flesh), 5-25 inches ; culmen, 0°38 ; 
wing, 2°75 ; tail, 2:2 ; tarsus, 0°65. 
Female :—Total length (measured in the flesh), 5-0 inches ; culmen, 0°38 ; 
wing, 2°6 ; tail, 2-2 ; tarsus, 0°65. 
Habitat. Adho Dimellus, 3500-4500 feet, Sokotra. 

