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the greater wing-coverts and innermost quills; but differing from N. cani- 
capilla, and resembling N. emili@ in its slightly smaller size, especially that 
of the bill, and in the white markings on the wings inclining more to bars 
than to rounded spots. ‘Iris reddish white ; bill black ; feet dark brown.” 
Total length 4:4 inches, culmen 0°45, wing 2°6, tail 1:9, tarsus 0°65. 
3, 1.01. Mau Escarpment (Doherty). 
The Masai Negro-Finch inhabits the country to the east 
of the Victoria Nyanza. 
The type, a hen-bird, was discovered by Mr. Oscar Neu- 
mann at Kifinika, on Mount Kilimanjaro, at an elevation of 
9,000 feet. Owing to its very unfinch-like, wide bill, it was 
first referred to the Muscicapide, and a new genus, Atopornis, 
was proposed for its reception. From its colouring and 
description of its generic characters I was led, in 1896, to 
place it in the genus Artomyias. 
The next specimen procured was met with at the same 
place by Dr. Kretschmer, and owing to its being in apparently 
more immature plumage, was given the name of Nigrita 
kretschmeri. It has been recognised by Dr. Reichenow that 
these two specimens are not specifically distinct, and on com- 
paring the type of N. dohertyi, he found that bird also to 
belong to the present species. The late William Doherty 
obtained several specimens on the Mau Escarpment, near the 
Equator, at an elevation of 8,500 feet. Thus, as far as we 
know, this Negro-Finch is confined to the high mountains. 
Nigrita emilize. 
Nigrita, emiliz, Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 384, plate 11. fig. 2 Hantee ; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 316 (1890); Shelley, B Afr. I. No. 366 
(1896) ; Reichen. J. f. O, 1902, p. 37 Togo; id. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 169 
(1904). 
Type. Similar to N. canicapilla, but differs in having the lower back 
greyer ; upper tail-coverts blacker; upper surface of wing less spotted with 
white, the white marking being confined to the lesser and median coverts, 
