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SiGMODUS CANICEPS HARTERTI, Subsp. 11. 



Adult male and female. Similar to S. c. caniceps, Bonap., 

 which ranges from Sierra Leone to Togo, but somewhat 

 smaller ; the blue-grey of the head encircles the eye, the 

 area below the eye naeasuring from 4 to 6 mm. in width. 

 The chin and throat are blacky as in /S. c. caniceps, and 

 the lower belly is as pale as in that form, or even paler. 

 Culmen 20-23 mm.; wing 105-115 mm. (mostly 105- 

 110 mm.). 



Hab. Southern Nigeria. 



Type: ^. Degama, 15. iii. 02: W. J. Ansorge coll. 



Obs. There are no less than eighteen examples of this new 

 bird in the Tring Museum^ collected at Degama, Gregani, 

 and Oguta by Dr. Ansorge^ and at the Amambara Creek by 

 Mr. Braham. 



Gymnoris pyrgita pallida, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to G. p. pyrgita, Heugl., 

 from Bogosland, Eastern Abyssinia^ and the Galla country, 

 but everywhere much paler. Wing, ^ 88 mm., ? 80-82 mm. 



Hab. The Sudan, from the region of Khartum to Senegal. 



Type: ^T . Shendy, White Nile, 26. i. 01 : Hon. N. C. 

 Rothschild and A. F. R. Wollaston coll. 



Gymnoris pyrgita massaica, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to G. p. pyrgita, Heugl., 

 but larger and darker, and with a stronger bill. Wing, 

 J 89-92 mm., ? 85-87 mm. 



Hab. British and German East Africa. 



Type : ^ . Escarpment Station, Kikuyu, i. 00 ; W. 

 Doherty coll. 



Passer griseus abyssinicus, nom. n. 



Passer swainsoni, auct. (nee. Riipp.). 



Adult male and female. Differ from all other subspecies of 

 Passer griseus in having the chin and throat grey like the 

 crop and breast, or slightly paler, but not white. For further 

 description, Sharpe (Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 335) and 

 Reichenow (Vog. Afr. iii. p. 228) may be compared. 



