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form of D. abingoni, which replaces the latter in the Orange 

 E-iver System, German South-west Africa, and Mossamedes. 

 Intermediate specimens between D. smithi and D. annectens 

 occur plentifully in Benguella, and likewise between D. smithi 

 and D. abingoni in the Transvaal. 



The following list shows the distribution of the geo- 

 graphical subspecies of Dendromus abingoni : — 



D. a. abingoni, Smith. Natal to Lake Nyasa Region. 

 D. a. smithi, Malh. Orange River System, German South- 

 west Africa, north to Benguella. 

 D. a. annectens, Neum. From Benguella and Angola to 



Lake Victoria. 

 D. a. suahelicus, Reichenow. Northern parts of German 



East Africa from the coast to Mt. Kilimanjaro. 

 D. a. chrysurus, Swains. Upper Guinea from Senegambia 



to the Shari River. 

 D. a. mombassiais, Eisch. & Reich. From South Somali- 

 land to Mombassa. 



ESTRILDA PALUDICOLA BENGUELLENSIS, Subsp. U. 



Adult male. Similar to E. p. paludicola, Heugl., from the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal, Upper White Nile, and the Coast-regions 

 of Lake Victoria, but somewhat darker above and with the 

 whole underside strongly washed with ochraceous-yellow. 

 The belly distinctly pinkish-rose. Some specimens have a 

 pinkish shade on the breast. 



Adult female. Resembles the male, but the colours of the 

 underside are slightly paler. 



Hab. Benguella. 



Type : $ . Que River, Benguella, 14. i. 06 : W. J. Ansorge 

 coll. 



Ob$. Besides the type, there are twelve examples of this 

 species in the Tring Museum, collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge 

 and Mr. C. H. Pemberton. 



Calamocichla zuluensis, sp. n. 



Adult male and fem.ale. Very similar to C. gracilirostris, 

 Hartl., and C. leptorhijncha, Reichenow, and, as in the former 

 species, the first primary is rather narrow and is not quite 



