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with indications of fine hands on the upper surface. The 

 bill is heavy, resemhling that of T. puveli ; the ler^s and feet 

 are exceptionally heavy and at once attract attention on this 

 account. 



The measurements and soft parts are as follows : — 

 I Total length in the flesh 7| inches ; bill (exposed culmen) 

 16 mm., wing 85, tail 67, tarsus 33. 



Bill, upper mandible black, lower whitish ; iris light 

 brown ; legs and feet whitish flesh-colour ; claws white. 



Ti/pe in the British Museum, c?ad., Reg. No. 1920.3,10.1. 

 Water-works, nr. Lagos, Southern Nigeria, 15th Feb., 1920. 

 W. P. Lowe, collector. 



The bird had been feeding on ants and other insects, and 

 scratches about for these in the dense bush . 



Andropadus indicator ussheri, subsp. nov. 



The race inhabiting the Gold Coast is undoubtedly 

 separable from both A. indicator indicator and from A. 

 indicator leucurus of Cassin. From the typical species 

 it differs in the more olive coloration of the upper parts 

 and in the darker, more grey under surface, with much less 

 buff on the belly. The ten specimens before me from the 

 Gold Coast are generally smaller than typical specimens, 

 although the wing-measurements overlap. 



The measurements of this specimen are as follows : — 

 Wing 95 mm. (barely), bill 15, tarsus 18. 



The type in the British Museum, No. 76.5.23.627. 

 Collected by Ussher at Fautee. 



Obs. I recognise three forms of A. indicator from West 

 Africa : the new race described above from the Gold Coast 

 and, in addition, A. indicator indicator from Gaboon and 

 A. i. leucurus from Sierra Leone and Liberia. 



Itacrosplienas flavicans angolensis, subsp. nov. 



This is a short-billed race of M. flavicans Jiavicans, and 

 this is the only noticeable difference. It is, however, very 

 striking and is perfectly constant. I have had seventeen 

 examples of the typical form and there are five examples of 

 the new race. 



