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Nierira Fusconotus. Nigr. capite, collo, tectricibus caud@, sic 
et rectricibus nitid® nigris ; dorso, et plumis scapularibus cinereo- 
fuscis ; alis nigrescentibus ; corpore inferiore sordideé albo, rostro 
tarsisque nigris, iridibus e corylo-fuscis. 
Long. tot. 4} unc. ; rostri, 3; ale, 21; caude, 2; tarsi, 5. 
Hab. Clarence, Fernando Po. 
Mr. Fraser stated it as his opinion that the bird above described 
belonged to the Fringillide. It certainly appertains to the genus 
characterized by Mr. Strickland in the ‘ Proceedings’ for April 1841, 
p. 30, under the title Hthiops. This genus was founded upon a bird 
(AXthiops canicapillus) also from Fernando Po, specimens of which 
Mr. Fraser had obtained and exhibited to the Meeting. Finding the 
generic name Azthiops had been previously used for a genus of 
Monkeys, Mr. Fraser had been requested by Mr. Strickland to sub- 
stitute for it the new generic title Nigrita. ‘The species described 
by the gentleman last mentioned will therefore stand as Nigrita ca- 
nicapillus, Strickl. 
Amapina Pornsts. <Amad. nitid? nigra, primariis guttatis, secun- 
dariis uropygio, plumisque lateribus albo-fasciatis ; abdomine, tec- 
tricibus alarum inferioribus, crissoque albis ; iridibus e corylo- 
Suscis ; rostro ceruleo ; tarsis nigris. 
Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, 3; ale, 2; caude, 14; tarsi, 5. 
Hab. Clarence, Fernando Po. 
Very common about Clarence, in flocks of about fifty ; their note 
is ‘tweet-tweet.’ The young have a brownish cast; they feed en- 
tirely upon seeds of the three-forked grass. The sexes do not differ. 
AMADINA BICOLOR. Amad. (mus) corpore superiore, pectore, et 
lateribus nigris ; abdomine, tectricibus alarum inferioribus, cris- 
soque albis ; rostro ceruleo ; tarsis nigris. 
Fem. vel Jun.: colore fusco, fronte genis, guldque nigrescentibus ; 
lateribus et uropygio indistinct? albo-fasciatis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, 2; ale, 2; caude, 14; tarsi, 4. 
Hab. apud promontorium Cape Palmas dictum. 
A third specimen, which is smaller, is entirely brown, without 
any indication of the white marks. 
Common in the roofs of the huts belonging to the fish-men of Cape 
Palmas, in which situation they breed and commit much mischief, 
like our domestic sparrow (Pyrgita domestica, Cuv.). The native 
name is Saybue. 
This differs from Amadina Poensis in the absence, in the adult, of 
the white markings on the wings, rump, and sides. 
Mr. Waterhouse exhibited and described two new species of Mouse, 
one collected in the Philippine Islands by H. Cuming, Esq., and the 
other forming part of Mr. Gould’s Australian collection, 
Mus castanrvus. Mus intense castaneus, corpore subtis pallidiore ; 
caudd corpore cum capite longiore ; auribus mediocribus. 
