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Vol. xli.] 78 



Range. Southern Nigeria (Lagos, Oguta, Degama, 

 Gregani). 



Note. — 24 specimens of this new race have been com- 

 pared with a large series of the other forms referred to, the 

 characters noted being absolutely constant. 



Malimbus rubricoUis praedi^ subsp. nov. 



Adult male. Similar to Malimhus rubricollis centralis 

 Rchw., from Uganda, having the red on the head of the 

 same shade as in that race, but easily distinguished by its 

 much smaller size. 



Wing-measurements are as follows: — ^ 90-95 mm., 

 $ 91-94. (The wing-measurements of AI. r. centralis vary 

 in 14 specimens from ^ 98-102 mm., average of 11 skins 

 99-9.) 



Ti/pe. (? ad. No. 1909. 8. 5. 234 in the British Museum. 

 N'Dalla Tando, N. Angola. 29th Oct., 1908. W. J. Ansorge 

 Coll. 



Bill (exposed culmen) 17 mm., tarsus 22_, wing 95. 



Range. Northern Angola and Gaboon. 



Obs. Eleven specimens were available for comparison in 

 the British and Tring Museums. 



I have named this subspecies in honour of Mr. Cyril 

 Mackworth-Praed, who first noticed the distinctness of the 

 West African race. 



Mr. C. Chubb sent the following descriptions of South 

 American birds : — 



Pseudosicalis, gen. nov. 



When the late Dr. Bowdler Sharpe was compiling vol. xii. 

 Fringillidse of the Catalogue of the Birds in the British 

 Museum, he divided the genus Sicalis by using Pseudo- 

 chloris to replace Orospina Cab., 1883 (nee Kaup, 1829), 

 which latter genus was founded on 0. pratensis Cab. This 

 species, however, belongs to the genus Sicalis Wagl. Con- 

 sequently Psexidocldoris Sharpe becomes a synonym. I 

 propose, therefore, that the above title be used, based on 



