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facile distingueudum. Long. tot. 4'6 poll., culm. 0*6, 

 alse 2'5, caudse 1*3, tarsi 0-8. 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe described a uew species of Fraucolin 

 from the Wagga Mountains in Somaliland, obtained by 

 Mr. Lort Phillips at a height of 9000 feet :— 



Francolinus lorti, n. sp. 

 F. similis F. gutturali et F. uhiensi, plaga alba ad latera 

 colli nigro punctata : maculis priepectoralibus saturate 

 castaneis^ rachidibus auguste uigris : hypochondriis 

 saturate castaneo notatis. Long. tot. 12"5 poll., 

 alee 6-6. 



Dr. Sharpe described two species of Owls as follows : — 



SyRNIUM NIGRICANTIUS, U. Sp. 



S. simile S. tvoodfordi, sed supra nigricanti-brunneum, vix 

 albo stellatum : superciliis et facie laterali pure niveis : 

 prsepectore nigricanti-brunneo, vix albo aut fulvo fas- 

 ciato. Long, tot. 13'5 poll.^ alse 9'8. 

 Hub. Mpapwa, E. Africa. Typus in Mus. Brit. 



NiXOX EVERETTIj n. Sp. 



Similis A^. reyi, sed maculis pallidis primariorum paucis ful- 

 vescentibusj minime albo quadratim notatis, et abdomine, 

 hypochondriis et tibiis ochrascenti-fulvis, nee albis 

 brunneo maculatis, distinguenda. Long. tot. 9'5 poll., 

 alffi 7-7. 

 Hab. Siassi Island, Sulu Archipelago (^A. H. Everett). 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe exhibited the skin of an apparently 

 new species of Dicceuin from Mount Masarang in Northern 

 Celebes, collected by Mr. Charles Hose. It was an inter- 

 mediate form between D. nigrimentum, Salvad., and D.pryeri, 

 Sharpe. The name proposed was 



DlCEUM HOSII, n. sp. 

 D. similis D. nigrimento , sed gula superiore tota nigra dis- 

 tingueudum. Long. tot. 3'2 poll., alse I'S. 



Dr. Sharpe also exhibited some specimens of birds re- 

 cently sent by Mr. F. J. Jackson from Uganda, amongst 

 them being several typical West-African forms. The West- 



