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These pictures were intended to form part of a new work, 

 entitled ' Coloured Figures of the Birds of Australasia/ which 

 Mr. Mathews was preparing to publish. 



Mr. W. Ogilvie-Grant sent descriptions of five new 

 species of birds procured by the members of the Ruwenzori 

 Expedition : — 



Pyromblana crassirostriSj sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to P. phcenicomera, G. R. 

 Gray, but smaller ; the bill shorter, stouter and deeper, its 

 length being 16 mm. and the depth of the upper mandible at 

 the gape 7 mm. (whereas in P. p]i(Enicomera it measures 

 only 5^ mm.) ; the yellow shoulder-patch much less extensive 

 and not continued over the scapulars. Iris dark brown ; bill 

 dusky; feet brown. Total length ca. 5*0 inches; wing 3*55; 

 tail 1-95 ; tarsus 0-82. 



Hab. North end of Ruwenzori, 3500 feet. 



An adult male. No. 2452, was procured by Mr. R. E. Dent 

 on the 19th of August, 1906. 



Pytelia belli, sp. n. 



Adult male. DiflFers from the male of P. melba (Linn.), 

 which it resembles in the darker markings of the breast and 

 belly, in having the grey of the cheek extending beneath the 

 eye to the lores, and the red of the throat continued over the 

 greater part of the chest, only the base of which is yellow. 

 Iris reddish-brown ; bill red ; feet brown. Total length 

 ca. 4'8 inches; wing 2'2 ; tail 1*95; tarsus 0*7. 



Adult female. Breast darker grey than in the female of 

 P. melba, and the markings of the underparts, especially 

 of the sides and flanks, darker. Iris hazel or reddish-brown ; 

 upper mandible black, lower pink, reddish-brown, or dull 

 red ; feet brown. Total length ca. 4*6 inches ; wing 2*25 ; 

 tail 1'9; tarsus 0*65. 



Hab. South-eastern Ruwenzori, 3400 feet. 



Numerous specimens were obtained by the Ruwenzori 

 Expedition in April, May, and June. 



