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contingent species, such as L. ruhrifacies and 

 L. leucogaster ; 



(b) A representative o£ an intermediate or mongrel race 



with a definite intermediate distribution ; 



(c) A case of a partial albinistic variation of L. ruhri- 

 facies or some closely allied, but as yet unknown, 

 species. 



Mr. W. L. ScLATEE felt that there were not sufficient 

 grounds for Dr. Lowe's hypothesis, and thought that this 

 bird should come under the ordinary category of a " good 

 species/^ 



Captain H. Lynes, E,.N., who is now on his way back to 

 Kordofan, sent for exhibition a new species of Pigmy 

 Bustard, which he proposed to call 



Lophotis savilei, sp. no v. ^ 



A very small Bustard, allied to the LopJiotis, nape-tufted 

 group (Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 283), whose representatives 

 have hitherto only been found in the eastern parts of Africa 

 (Somali-land to S.E. Africa). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. 



Above. Greneral colour light sandy-rufous (light pinkish- 

 cinnamon, i^ic^^if^a?/), varied with irregular blackish markings^ 

 consisting of (a) streaks and arrow-heads on the shafts and 

 irregular sprinklings and small blotches on the webs of the 

 feathers of the back, scapulars, and inner wing-coverts, and 

 (b) heavy vermiculations considerably darkening the general 

 appearance of the rump and upper tail-coverts. 



Below. From upper part of crop to under tail-coverts, 

 axillaries, flanks, and sides of body black, steel-glossy on 

 breast and belly, elsewhere glossless. 



Wing. Quills brownish black, all except the first primary 

 with from one to four comparatively small cream-coloured 

 bars across the inner or both webs. Upper coverts : the 

 (mostly concealed) basal part of the feathers sandy-rufous 

 speckled with blackish, fading to uniform pale cream on the 



