FROM EQUATOniAL ArillCA. 429 



Nectarmia acik, Antin. ; Heiigl. t. c. p. 230 ; Hartl. op. cit. vii. 

 p. 108. 



Dem Suleiman and Dembacbir. 



Tbe authority for Dr. Gadow's statement that C. acik " only 

 appears to be diflFerent if compared with G. cruentata from the 

 neighbouring countries, and that if compared with the western 

 form it proves to be the same as C senegalensis,^'' appears to be his 

 own ipse dixit ; unless, indeed, he has united the two species from 

 a desire to be different from Captain Shelley, as would appear to 

 be frequently the case throughout his volume. Without seeing 

 specimens it was somewhat rash to do this ; and the series col- 

 lected by Mr. Bohndorff amply proves that Captain Shelley was 

 perfectly right in considering it a valid species. 



37. Anthothreptes oeientalis, Hartl. Abhandl. Nat. Ver. 

 Bremen, vii. p. 109. 



A pair of birds from Sassa, November. Iris dark brown. 



The metallic green spot near the bend of the wing is much 

 more pronounced than in the western specimens of A. Longue- 

 marii, although a trace of it is evident in the last-named bird. 

 The female, however, appears to differ from the same sex of 

 A. Longuemarii in having the yellow of the abdomen extended to 

 the lower breast. 



Order II. V0LUCBE8. 



Cohors I. PsiTTAcr. 



38. PALiEOENis TOEQTJATA (Bodd.) ; Heugl. t. c. p. 738 ; Hartl. 

 op. cit. viii. p. 212. 



Several beautiful specimens from Jur Gattas. 



39. PiONiAS CEAsSus, sp. n. 



A single adult specimen from Ndoruma, November. Iris red, 



The nearest ally of the present species appears to be P. fusci- 



capillus ; but from this it is at once distinguished by the larger 



size and by the absence of yellow under the wing, the lower wmg- 



coverts being grass-green, with emerald-green axillaries. 



The following is a detailed description of the type specimen : — 

 Adult. General colour above grass-green, the feathers being 

 brown, broadly edged and tipped with emerald-green on the back 

 and scapulars, the wing-coverts being coloured like the back ; 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish, with dark bluish- 

 green margins ; quills dusky brown, with bluish-green edges to the 



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