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grey with a slight metallic gloss ; underparts, under wing- 

 coverts, and under tail-coverts white, the latter somewhat 

 creamy; sides of body pale grey. The bill is much narrower 

 than that of C. pectoralis (Jard. & Selb.) and C. ccssia (Licht.), 

 and of a nearly similar shape to that of the genus Edoliisoma. 



^. Culmen 17 mm.; wing 115; tail 110; tarsus 22-23. 

 ^ . Wing 109 mm. ; tail 105. 



Hob. Forest, 90 km. west of Lake Albert Edward. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ^ . 14. ii. 08. Rudolf Grauer 

 coll. 



Obs. This fine discovery of Mr. Grauer's seems to form a 

 link between the genera Coracina and Edoliisoma. 



Ploceus instgnis prater, subsp. n. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of P. i. insignis, Sharpe, 

 Mt.Elgon,Nandi,andMau, 2i\idi oi P .i.cro conut us, Ke\c[\eyxoyv , 

 from the Camaroon Mountains, but the chin and entire 

 throat are yellow like the breast and belly. 



Hab. Country west of Lake Albert Edward. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ? . 90 km. west of Lake 

 Albert Edward, 16. ii. 08. E. Grauer coll. 



Ploceus aurantius rex, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to that of P. a. aurantius, \\&i[\.,ixom. 

 "West Africa, but larger, and with the back and shoulders 

 much brighter and. yellower. The underside is of a more 

 uniform dark golden-yellow ; no dark golden-brown patch 

 on the throat, as in P. a. aurantius. Upper mandible 

 brownish-horn-colour, the lower very light horn ; while in 

 P. a aurantius the whole bill, or at least the upper mandible, 

 is black. 



The lores are golden-yellow in seven out of the eight 

 specimens examined, while they are black in only one 

 specimen. In the West-Africau P. a. aurantius the lores are 

 always black. 



Wing 73-74 mm. 



Hab. Uganda. 



Type in the Tring Museum : S • Entebbi, Uganda. 

 R. Grauer coll. 



