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the white edge and dark subterminal bar^ the whole under- 

 side, with the exception of the whitish chin and throat, being 

 uniform sooty brown. 



Hab. Mountains of Masailand, 



Type in the Berlin Museum: ^. Donje Erok, north- 

 west of Kilimanjaro, xi. 02 : C, G. Schillings coll. 



Obs. On Donje Erok this species lives side by side with 

 A. cequatorialis and other Swifts, 



Ploceus heuglini neglectus, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to P. h. heuglini, Reich., from the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal and Welle Regions, but the golden-yellow 

 of the head reaches only to above the eyes, the hinder part 

 being greenish-yellow like the back ; while in P. h. heuglini 

 the whole head down to the hind-neck is golden-yellow. The 

 remainder of tbeuppersideis greenish, while in P. h. heuglini 

 it is yellowish. Wing 70-72 mm. 



Hab. Upper Guinea, from Senegal to the Niger. 



Type in the Tring Museum : c? • Gassam, Senegal, 

 29.viii.07: F. W. Riggenbach coll. 



Lagonosticta rara forbesi, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to L. r. rara, Antin., from the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal and White Nile Regions, but the red portions of the 

 plumage are brighter, this difference being most obvious on 

 the throat, breast, and upper tail-coverts. The bill has a 

 light area in front of tlie nostrils. Wing 47 mm. 



Adult female. Differs from that of L. r. rara in being more 

 brown aud less grey, and apparently in lacking the pink 

 shade on the upperside. 



Hab. Niger River. 



Type in the British Museum: (^ . Lokoja, 9. ix. 82: 

 W. A. Forbes coll. (c/. Ibis, 1883, pp. 513, 553). 



Lagonosticta rhodopareia ansorgei, subsp. n. 

 Adult male. Similar to L. r. rhodopareia, Heugl., from the 

 Bogos Country, but the whole head is strongly washed with 



