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Pondoland form, as Dr. Hartert kindly informs me. Four 

 specimens examined. 



" Type in Transvaal Museum. (Collected by C. Gr. 

 Davies.) 



''Hab. Pondoland, S.A.'' 



Mr, D. Seth-Smith described the following species, 

 examples of which had been collected by his brother, 

 Mr. L. M. Seth-Smith, as new : — 



Cryptolopha budongoensis, sp. n. 



Adult $ . Upperparts olive-green ; tail above similar, 

 the lateral feathers being dull brown on the inner webs ; 

 primaries and secondaries dark brown, edged on the outer 

 webs with olive-yellow, on the inner webs a narrow edging 

 of very light brown ; upper wing-coverts olive-yellow ; 

 chin, throat, ear-coverts, and underparts generally whitish, 

 tinged with olive-green, especially on the flanks and thighs ; 

 a broad stripe above the eye whitish ; a blackish stripe from 

 the base of the upper mandible running backwards through 

 the eye ; under tail-coverts white, with a yellowish tinge ; 

 under wing-coverts white, washed with yellow : upper man- 

 dible black ; lower mandible yellowish at the tip, becoming 

 darker towards the base ; legs and feet dark brown. Total 

 length 4 inches; culmen 0*45; wing 2'15 ; tail 1"50; 

 tarsus 0'9. 



Adult ? . Similar to the male, but with stripe above the 

 eye narrower and tinged with yellow, and continued forwards 

 on to the forehead. Dimensions similar to those of the 

 male. 



Hah. Budongo Forest, Uganda Protectorate. {Types: 

 S. Feb. 25, 1907; ? . May 20, 1907.) 



Dr. Percy R. Lowe pointed out the differences which he 

 had noticed between the Ground-Dove of Porto Kico and 

 the allied species of the neighbouring West-Indian Islands, 

 and exhibiting at the same time the characters which 

 distinguished the species of the genus Chamcepelia. 



