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^ 3. NiGRITA SCHISTACEA, Sp. n. 



Female. Dark asliy grey above, lighter grey on the lower 

 back and rump; wings and tail black, with tiny spots of 

 white on the wing-coverts ; forehead, eyebrows, sides of face, 

 and entire under surface of body black ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts white ; between the black of the forehead and 

 the grey of the hinder crown and neck runs a narrow line of 

 white : bill black ; legs brown ; iris yellow. Total length 

 5*3 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2'65, tail 1"95, tarsus 7. 



Hah. Sotik. 



Allied to N. emilice of Sharpe, but rather larger and much 

 darker, the back being dark slaty grey instead of pearly grey; 

 consequently the white line which borders the black forehead 

 is ver}^ much more distinct. 



^ 4. Crithagra albifrons, sp. n. 



Male. Olive-brown, with whitish margins to the wing- 

 coverts and inner secondaries ; wing-feathers and tail-feathers 

 dark brown, edged with olive-yellow ; a spot of white on 

 each side of the base of the bill, forming together a baud 

 across the^ase of the forehead; ear-coverts dusky brown, as 

 well as the cheeks and chin ; a whitish patch on the fore part 

 of the ear-coverts ; throat dull whitish, spotted Avitli black ; 

 lower throat and breast dull brown ; flanks dull brown, with 

 darker brown stripes ; lower breast and abdomen pale ashy 

 fulvous, as well as the under tail- coverts ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries olive-yellow : bill dusky horn-colour ; legs 

 brown; iris brown. Total length 6*2 inches, culmen 0" 6, 

 wing 3*2, tail 2"55, tarsus 0"8. 



Hab. Kikuyu. 



This is a representative form of C. burtoni of the Came- 

 roons, but it is a smaller bird, has a white patch on the ear- 

 coverts, the lower throat whitish spotted with black, and is 

 further distinguished by the narrow brown stripes on the 

 sides of the body. 



5. Xenocichla kikuyuensis, sp. n. 



Olive-green : wings and tail the same colour; head, nape, 

 and sides of neck slaty grey ; sides of face and entire throat 



