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East, and South Africa, in having the colour of the neck 

 golden brown, similar to that of the throat. 



Hab. Upper Guinea, especially Senegambia. 



Type : S • Diourbel, 140 km, east of Dakar, 8. viii. 07 : 

 F. W. Riggenbach coll. 



The name S.^paradisea (L.) had been given to specimens 

 from Angola, vrhilc/Si. verreauxi (Cass.), as well as S. sphenura, 

 Bonap., were founded on birds from North-east Africa; the 

 present form from Upper Guinea, though imported to Europe 

 every year by thousands, had thus remained without a 

 scientific name until the present time. 



Serinus leucopygius riggenbachi, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to S. I. leucopygius, Sund., 

 from the White and Blue Niles, but distinguished by having 

 the throat, chest, and breast white, like the belly, and not 

 grey ; some dusky streaks on the chest and breast. 



Hab. Senegambia and Western Sudan. 



Type: $. Thiesnear Dakar, 24. v. 07: E. W. Riggenbach 

 coll. 



Professor Neumann also exhibited and described examples 

 of the following new subspecies of African birds from the 

 Berlin and Tring Museums : — 



Francolinus levaillanti benguellensis, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to jP. /. levaillanti (Val.) 

 from the Cape, Natal, Orange Biver Colony, and Transvaal, 

 but having the lower band of white, which runs below the 

 eye, marked with only a few black spots. The lower breasjb 

 and belly are paler, without any chestnut coloration, but with 

 large irregular black patches. The bird is somewhat smaller 

 than F. levaillanti. Wing 159 mm. 



Hab. Benguella. 



Type in the Triug Museum : ^ . Cuima in Benguella, 

 13. xi. 04 : W. J. Ansorge coll. 



From F. crawshayi, F. kikuyuensis, and F. mulemce, to 

 which this form also showed some resemblance, it was at 

 once distinguished by having the black and whit« line, which 



