so. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO-^OBERHOLSER. 883 



third, whereas in SpcrmeMt's it is iniu-h narrowed, particularly toward 

 tlie tip; the cuttino- edge of the niaxilhi much more lohed or t'estooiicd 

 basally, which makes its outline very like an elonoatcd ^ . Nyhile in 

 Spermestes it is almost a reg'ular though rather slight concaAc curve; 

 and the tertials much shorter, not reaching-, as in Sjht'iiicsteti, ver\' 

 neaily or quite to the ends of the primaries. 



The species to lie referred to Lepldopygla are as follows: 



Lepidopygia Incolor bicolor (Fraser). 

 Lepidopygia bicolor punctata (Heuglin). 

 Lcp idopygia j>oensis poensis ( Fraser ) . 

 Lepidopygia poensis stigmatophora (Reichenow), 

 Lepidopygia nigriceps nigriceps (Cassin). 

 Lepidopygia nigriceps minor (Erlanger). 



ODONTOSPIZA," new genus. 



Chars, gen. — Similar to iSpcrmextcs Swainson, l)ut bill more turgid 

 and more conical; the maxillar tomium with a well-detined obtusely 

 angular tooth-like lobe near the middle; the mandibular tomium with 

 a sharply defined basal angle, the edge straight from the gape to this 

 point, and straight or even slightly concave thence to the tip, whereas 

 in Spermextex. the cutting edge of the mandible is a more or less regu- 

 lar convex curve from gape to tip, the basal angle l)eing much rounded 

 and comparatively inconspicuous; nostrils not set into the corneous 

 l)ase of the maxilla, as in Spermestes., but wholly posterior, so that 

 their anterior margin, as well as the rest of the latero-})asal outline of 

 the maxilla, is much less concave; nasal fossa^ quite filled with short 

 feathers which completely cover the nares ; tail longer, about three- 

 fourths instead of two-thirds the length of wing ; tertials much 

 shorter. 



Type.- — Pitylia caniceps Reichenow. 



This peculiar species was placed by Doctor Sharpe in the oriental 

 genus Urolonehd.,'' but it is manifestly' out of place in such company, 

 for it differs from the members of that group in its shorter, more 

 turgid and more conical ])ill; toothed maxillar tomium; feather-hidden 

 nostrils which do not open in the horn}' sheath of the l)ill; less concave 

 latero-basal outline of maxilla; moderately rounded tail without much 

 projecting narrowed central feathers; and a much narrowed second 

 l)rimary. From Lepidopygia it may be distinguished by the same 

 various peculiarities of bill and nostrils that separate it from Sper- 

 iiirKtes, and as well by the laterall}' much reduced second primary. 

 The tj'pe is the onl}' species referable to this new genus. 



« 65ou«, (lens; 6niZ,o:, fringilla. 



f'Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, isyO, p. ;i^t3. 



