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Ijii Water-works, nr. Laoos, S. Nigeria, 29th Dec, 1919. 

 W. P. Lowe, collector. A note on the label says that the 

 bird was shot whilst singing in a cocoa-tree. 



Erythrocercns maccalli nigerise, subsp. nov. -4-, 



Entire under surface of body buffish-white, lacking the 

 deep buff chin, throat, and breast of E. maccalli maccalli. 

 The upper parts ' are washed with olive-brown. The crown 

 of the head is of a deeper shade of chestnut and is distinctly- 

 less bright in colour. 



Three specimens were obtained at Lagos, S. Nigeria ; 

 two adult males and an immature bird. 



Bill 9 mm., wing 49, tarsus 15. 



Upper mandible pale brown, lower whitish flesh-colour ; 

 iris pale yellow ; feet flesh-colour. 



Type in the British Museum, <?, Reg. No. 1920.3.10.2. 

 Iju Water-works, nr. Lagos, S. Nigeria, 9th Feb., 1920. 

 W. P. Lowe, collector. 



Mr. Lowe remarks on tlie label that it is a very lively 

 little bird, that it goes about in pairs or in families of six 

 or eight like the Long-tailed Tit, and has a note like a 

 Zosterops. 



Obs. A specimen in the British Museum in poor con- 

 dition obtained by Major Pearse in Western Liberia seems 

 to belong to the new form here described. 



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Turdinus strenuipes, sp. nov. ^_|_ 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to Turdinus puveli Sal- 

 vadori, but differs from that species in having the head and 

 back olive-brown instead of rufous ; the crown is darker 

 than the back and is not washed with rufous. The upper 

 surface of T. strenuipes closely resembles the upper parts of 

 T. fulvescens in coloration. On the under surface the new 

 species mostly resembles T. puveli, but the chin and throat, 

 as also the belly, are pure white ; the breast, soft feathers of 

 the flanks, and under tail-coverts are pale buffish-brown, 

 palest on the breast, darker on the flanks and under tail- 

 coverts. The tail-feathers are brown washed with rufous, 



