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tentatively identitied by Mr. Robert Ridgway, and later also by Doctor 

 Richmond. The (JS-l: specimens represent 256 species and su})species 

 belonu-ing- to 5!> families. Most of the novelties have already' been 

 descril)ed, but a few will be found named for the first tinn^ in the suc- 

 ceeding pages, together with several new genera created for species 

 first obtained by Doctor Abbott, as well as for some previously known. 

 Aside from these, there are a number of rare birds such as Francolhnis 

 idncnsis, Caj/riinidgus donaldsoni, 31icr<>j>us inyoptHus. MtdlftopJiaaiis 

 oreohates^ IlypJunifoiviis schilli/Kjsi, Niyritd d'uihoHni, Pseudoiilgrtta 

 cabaninl^ PlnarocJiroa hypospodia^ Chtlcohi hunter!^ Brady pUrioi Ixir- 

 raff!^ Bdftx ini,rta, Parus tJiriij}]>l jH/ndice, and /joateropK ciirycrlcofa ,' 

 also others in plumages that are luidescribed; and still other specimens 

 that even at this late day extend the range of their respective species. 

 The best idea, however, of the marvelous richness of this collection of 

 Doctor Abbott's is probal)ly furnished by the sul)joined list of 02 

 species and subspecies that were undescribed when obtained l)y liini, 

 an exposition tiiat is possibly of more than passing interest as indica- 

 tive of the great progress in African ornithology that the past eight- 

 een vears have witnessed: 



Striilliln inassaicus Neumann. 



Ast'tr x2)arsimfascial us (ici'lclu.'i Oberhol- 

 ser.« 



Francolinus ulueiisis Grant. 



Niimida reichenovd Grant. 



Xitmidii i)dermedia Neumann. 



Rtenjch's (julturalis satnratiar Hartert. 



Tiirtur semitorqualus iiiteniiedlufi Erlanger. 



Tarlnr capUvla tropicus Reichenow. 



StiginatnpeJia senegalcnsis !C<iu<(li>rialis (Er- 

 langer). 



(£na capensis anom/ma Oberholser." 



ChalcojH'lia chalcospila acnntliina Ober- 

 holser. " 



Euri/slomus a/er suahelicus Neumann. 



Meiitluphagus oreobates Sharpe. 



Lophoccros )uelanoIeucos suahelirus Neu- 

 mann. 



Rhiixijx^nxstus ci/auomelas schnlowi (Neu- 

 mann). 



Asio macidosus a inerimnus Oherholser."^ 



Caprimidgus donaldsoni Sharpe. 



Lgbius abbolll Richmond. 



SmUorhis kilimensis Shelley. 



Vtridibucco leu'comgstax (Sharpe). 



Melignothes e.rUis vieliphilus Oberholser." 



Dendropicus guineensis massaicus Neu- 

 mann. , 



Hyphantornisjacksoni (Shelley). 



« New subspecies. 



Hyphantorm's scJi dlingsi ( Reichenow ) . 



Estrilda cyanocepJmla Richmond. 



Nigrita dlabolicn (Reichenow and Neu- 

 mann). 



Hypochera amauroptery.v Sharpe. 



Coccopygia dufresnl kilhnerisis (Sharpe). 



Arizelopsar femoral is ( Richmond ). 



Stilbopsar stuldmauni Reichenow . 



Arizelocichla nigriceps (Shelley). 



Arizelocichla s(riif<tcies (Reichenow and 

 Neumann ) . 



Pycnonolus layardi viicrus Oberholser.« 



PhylluslrepJms cervinirentris Shelley. 



Pliyllastrephus placidus (Shelley). 



Argya saturata Sharpe. 



CossypJia caff'ra iohvma Reichenow. 



Cichladusa guttata rufipennis (Sharpe). 



Cisticcla hunteri Shelley. 



Cisticola prinioides Neumann. 



Bradypterus cinnamomeu>- salradorii (Neu- 

 mann). 



Apalis theseela Oberholser. '' 



Apalis griseiceps Reichenow and Neu- 

 mann. 



Sylvietta wliyiiijacksoni (Sharpe). 



Muscicapa striata neumanni (Poche). 



Chloropeta natalensis similis (Richmond). 



Batis mixta (Shelley). 



Platysteira cryptoJeuca Oberholser. ^ 



^ New sjiecies. 



