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(5400 ft.), and Goffa (5500 ft.), S.W. Abyssinia (Zapbiro 

 coll. for W. N. Macmillan). 



It is worthy of note that this mountain race is entirely 

 cut off from the typical species — its closest ally — by the 

 tliree East African i-aces E. a. cethiopfcus, E. a. ri(fo/'iiccalis, 

 and E. a. sua/ielicus, from all of which it can be distinguished 

 at a gbmce. 



The type is in the British Museum collection. (J ad., 

 No. 452. auatti, Abyssinia, 27 March, 1899. H. W. 

 Blundell and Lord Lovat colls. 



I name this bird in honour of Mr. Cyril Mackworth-Praed, 

 who, with Mr. Rciater, was the first to note (Ibis, 1919, 

 p. 674) the distinctness of the single specimen which came 

 to their notice. 



Mr. E. C. Stuaet Baker described the following new 

 subspecies of Sunbirds (Nectariniidfe) : — 



1. Cyrtostomus pectoralis blanfordi, subsp. nov. , 



Like C. p. pectoralis (Horsf.), but distinguished at a 

 glance by its huge bill. From forehead to tip of bill 

 20 5 to 22*0 mm. With the exception of one bird from 

 FloreSj which has a bill almost 20'0 mm. in length, no 

 other specimen has it exceeding 19 mm. This new race 

 has also the upper parts a shade brighter olive-green. 



Ti/pe. S- No. 1886.12.1.970, Hume Coll., British 

 Museum. Nicobars. 



T7/pe locality/. Kondol Is., Nicobars. 



Distribution. Kondol Is. only. 



Examiyied. 4 o and 4 ? . 



2. .ffithopyga ignicauda fiavescens, subsp. nov. 



Similar to JE. i. ignicauda, but with the breast and lower 

 parts much paler, more a lemon-yellow than an orange- 

 yellow, and with much less scarlet-crimson on the breast. 

 Size as in that bird. 



The females have the tails much redder than it is any 

 typical ignicauda. 





