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Hab. Said to be Dutch New Guinea. Received from 

 Mr. G. K. Dunstall. 



Ohs. This new species is larger than L. nobilis, one of the 

 typical specimens of which has been brought for comparison 

 from the Tring Museum by Prof. Oscar Neumann. It 

 differs further in having a gloss of reddish-pnrple over the 

 back and wings. There is not any sign of steel-blue on 

 the crown^ as in L. nobilis. The sides of face and ear-coverts 

 are also of a purplish-copper^ not of an oily green, as in 

 L. nobilis. The shield on the throat and fore-neck shows 

 much more metallic steel-green than in the smaller species. 



Professor Neumann described and exhibited examples of 

 the following new African birds, the types of which (with 

 the exception of Halcyon albiventris erlangeri) were in the 

 Tring Museum : — 



Ptilopachus fuscus brehmi, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to P. f. fuscus (Vieill.) 

 from West Africa, but paler and of a more rufous sand- 

 colour all over. The upperside and tail vermiculated with 

 brown and rufous sand-colour, and with pure rufous longi- 

 tudinal streaks on the hind-neck and back. No trace of 

 black or dark grey on the upperside and scarcely any on 

 the underside. Wing 122-130 mm. 



Hah. Kordofan. 



Type : $ . Jebel Melpes, 4. v. 48 : Alfred Brehm coll. 



Ptilopachus fuscus major, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to P. f. fuscus, but much 

 larger and somewhat darker, and with the longitudinal 

 markings on the hind-neck, back, and underside narrower 

 and browner. The whitish or ochraceous-yellow patch on 

 the breast smaller than in P. f. fuscus and P. f. brehmi. 

 Wing 130-133 mm. 



Hab. North Abyssinia. 



Type : <S . Arba Schiko, Erythrea, 16. iii. 03 : G. Sehrader 

 coll. 



