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Professor Oscar Neumann exliibited and described exam- 

 ples of the following new African birds, which were included 

 in a collection made in the Tturi Forest, Congo Free State, 

 by Mr. C. F. Camburn, for Baron Maurice de K/Othschild : — 



Pteronetta hartlaiibi albifrons, subsp. n. 



Advlt male and female. Similar to P. h. JiartJauhi (Cass.) 

 from West Africa, but with a large white patch on the 

 forehead, extending to the middle of the vertex. A ring 

 of white feathers round the eye. In the female and in 

 the younger male examples the white patch at the base of 

 the bill is only indicated. 



Hab. Upper Congo, Ituri and Welle Pivers. 



Type : S • Ituri Forest, 31. viii. 06 : C. F. Camburn coll. 



In the West-African form the females never had any 

 white on the head, but in the males there were sometimes a 

 few white feathers on the forehead. 



TURTURCENA IRIDITORQUES ROTHSCHILDI, SUbsp. U. 



Adult male. Similar to T. i. iriditorques (Cass.) from West 

 Africa, but the collar round the hind-neck copper-brown 

 is without any definite metallic reflections. There are no 

 green, but faint amethystine reflections above the collar, 

 and no metallic reflections on the mantle. The whole upper- 

 side is darker than in T. i. iriditorques and almost black. 

 Wing 171 mm. 



Hah. Ituri Forest. 



Type : c? . 24 viii. 06 : C. F. Camburn coll. 



Agapornis swinderianus emini, subsp. n. 

 Adult male and female. Similar to A. s. zenkeri from 

 South Kamerun ; but the upperside is darker, the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts of a deeper cobalt-blue, the red 

 collar narrower and only faintly indicated, and the bill 

 much sti'onger. 

 Hab. Ituri Forest- 

 Type : c? . 14. vii. 06 : C. F. Camburn coll. 

 This was evidently the form mentioned by Emin Pasha in 

 his last journal (cf Flower, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 599) ; but his 



