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ternis dorso concoloribus : caudd olivascenti-flavd, rectricibus ex- 

 terioribus intus fuscis ; pileo summo colloque postico cinereis ; 

 fronte angustd, loris et facie laterali albis ; lined angustd 

 pone-auriculari nigrd ; guld totd nigrd ; jugulo et pectore 

 summo cinereis; abdomine, subcaudalibus tibiisque cinerascen- 

 tibus ; corpore laterali Icete flavo ; subalaribus fulvis, flavo 

 lavatis ; margine atari flavo ; remigibus infra brunneis, intus 

 albicanti marginatis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brunneis. Long, 

 tot. 4*3, culm. 0*4, alee 2*35, caudce I -95, tarsi 0'65. 

 The accompanying figure will give a good idea of this beautiful 



little Finch, which is not allied to any other African species, and 



appears to be quite new to science. 



30. Cypseltjs parvus (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 2. 

 no. 13. 



One specimen. 



31. Merops superciliosus (L.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 3. 

 no. 21. 



One specimen. 



32. Ispidina picta (Bodd.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 7. no. 53. 

 Five specimens. 



33. Halcyon senegalensis (L.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 8- 

 no. 66. 



One specimen. 



34. Chrysococcyx klaasi (V.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 13. 

 no. 112. 



Ten specimens, in all states of plumage. 



35. Barbattjla subsulphurea (Fras.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 p. 16. no. 139. 



Three specimens. 



36. Dendropicus goert^e (Mull.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 18, 

 no. 165. 



One specimen. 



37. Peristera tympanistria (Temm.); Hartl. Om. W.-Afr. 

 p. 197. 



One specimen. 



38. Actitis hypoleucus (L.) : Hartl. Om. W.-Afr. p. 235. 

 One specimen. 



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