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than in the male, while the under surface, particularly the posterior 

 portion, is lighter. 



Male. — Length, 190 mm. ; extent, 203 mm.; " bill and feet bright blue 

 black." 



Female. — Length, 153 mm.; extent, 215 mm.; "bill dark horn, paler 

 at base ; feet blue black." 



The Golah name of this bird is " Wee-su-waw." 



ARTOMYIAS USSHERI Sharpe. 

 Artomyias ussluri Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 416. 



Two specimens, adult male and female. The male is slightly paler 

 and more grayish than the female, but otherwise identical. They agree 

 with Dr. Sharpe's description ^ except for the lack of whitish tips to the 

 wing quills and greater coverts. These whitish tips are probably, as 

 suggested by Dr. Sharpe,^ evidences of immaturity. 



These two individuals measure as follows: Male, length, 140 mm.; 

 extent, 254 mm. ; female, length, 142 mm. ; extent, 264 mm. It is inter- 

 esting to notice the larger size of the female. The Golah name for the 

 species is " Bweh-bweh-dee." 



Family NEOTAEIKIID^. 



ANTHREPTES RECTIROSTRIS (Shaw). 



CerfMa rectirostris Shaw, Gen. Zool., VIII, 1811, p. 246. 



Anthothreptes rectirostris Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., IX, 1884, p. 119. 



Four specimens. The two adult males appear not to differ from typ- 

 ical examples, though one is rather lighter below than the other, besides 

 being considerably smaller. Length, 99 mm. ;^ extent, 182 mm.; 

 length, 112.6 mm.; extent, 173 mm. "Bill and feet black; iris choco- 

 late brown." 



Another specimen is sexed female with a query, and may possibly be 

 an immature male. Length, 108 mm. ; expanse, 167 mm. The upper 

 surface is dull greenish olive with a conspicuous mixture of bronzy 

 tipped feathers; the lesser wing-coverts are bronze green; the under 

 parts are yellow, clearest on the median portion of the abdomen, shaded 

 with olive green on the sides, j)aler on the throat and duller on the 

 breast, both of which are slightly tinged with ashy. 



The fourth specimen is a young bird in iirst plumage, and is appar- 

 ently rectirostris, although so young that without more specimens for 

 examination it cannot be determined with absolute certainty. The 

 upper surface is dull olive washed with greenish; wings dark brown 

 with exterior edgings of golden olive; under iDarts pale dull yellow, 

 the throat only washed with this color, as it is so imperfectly feathered 

 that the slate gray bases of the feathers give their tint to the whole 

 area. 



1 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., IV, 1879, p. 145. " Tail imperfect. 



