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Boucard, the Museum series has been greatly enriched by the 

 addition of many African birds as well as by a large number of 

 specimens (several thousand) from various parts of the world. 

 In the meantime, however, the great activity shown by Eng- 

 lish and German naturalists in the ornithology of this region 

 resulted in the discovery of many new species, among them sev- 

 eral of those first collected by Dr. Abbott. In order to reserve 

 for Dr. Abbott the credit of discovering a few new species in the 

 Kihmanjaro region, it is thought best to publish with as little 

 delay as possible descriptions of the ten species presented below, 

 which were identified in a recent partial examination of his col- 

 lection. It is hoped that a full catalogue of this very interesting 

 collection may be given in the near future. 



I. Crithagra kilimensis, new species. 



Type. — No. 118331, U. S. N. M. ; male aduk, Mount Kilimanjaro, 6000 

 feet, August 11, 188S; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



Top of head (including forehead), sides of neck, back, scapulars, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts ahnost uniform olive grayish brown (between olive 

 and hair brown), most of the feathers with very slightly darker centres: 

 the head slightly darker than the back, the latter and upper tail-coverts 

 with a slight greenish wash ; lores blackish, a minute supraloral white 

 spot, onl}- noticeable on disturbing the feathers ; feathers around the eye 

 blackish, some of them with white bases ; a narrow supra-auricular streak, 

 white, interrupted with dusky; cheeks, chin, and sides of face near base 

 of bill blackish, the feathers with more or less concealed white at bases, 

 except at base of chin ; fore throat \\ ith some white on bases of feathers : 

 rest of throat, chest, sides of breast, ear-coverts, and remainder of cheeks, 

 hair brown, with a slight olive tinge ; some of the feathers of chest w ith 

 darker centres; centre of breast, abdomen, sides of body and flanks buff, 

 darker on the first named, where obscurely streaked with hair brown, the 

 streaks becoming more pronounced, broader and darker on sides of body 

 and flanks; under tail-coverts dusky brown, broadly edged with buff; 

 thighs dusky brown, tipped with buff: wings and tail blackish brown, 

 each feather (except first primary and outermost tail feather) edged with 

 greenish yellow; tertiaries with greenish white tips, mostly on outer 

 webs; lesser wing-coverts olive green: middle coverts blackish brown, 

 with olive green edges, and greenish white tips, forming a bar; greater 

 coverts blackish brown, edged with greenish vellow, and tipped with 

 greenish white, forming a second wing bar; alula and primary coverts 

 blackish brown, narrowlv edged with olive green ; axillaries maize vellow ; 



