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Dr. Ernst Hartert sent the following description of a 

 new Pycnonotus : — 



Pycnonotus barbatus nigeriae, subsp. nov. 



These Bulbuls have hitherto been united with P. barbatus 

 inornatus from Sierra Leone to the Geld Coast, but they 

 differ at a glance by the colour of the underside. The throat 

 is darker, almost chocolate-brown, and this colour is con- 

 tinued over the crop and sharply separated from the purer 

 white abdomen. The under wing-coverts are whiter, the 

 upperside darker brown. Wings 93-98 mm, 



Jlab. Southern Nigeria. 25 specimens collected on the 

 Lower Niger and at Warri by Ansorge, Felix Ruth, and 

 Braham. 



T7/pe. S ad., Dogama, 23. v. 1902. W. J. Ansorge leg. 

 No. 478, Tring Museum. 



Mr. David Bannerman exhibited a new race of the 

 Negro-Finch from Northern Angola, West Africa, which he 

 described as follows : — 



Nigrita canicapilla angolensis, subsp. nov. 



Adult male and female. Similar to JSf. c. canicapilla from 

 Fernando Po, but considerably darker on upper parts, which 

 are more sooty-grey, particularly on the head and mantle ; 

 rump slightly deeper grey ; the white margin between the 

 grey of the head and the black forehead duller and narrower, 

 not nearly so clearly defined as in the typical bird. The 

 white spots on the lesser median and greater coverts dis- 

 tinctly smaller; bill 2 mm. shorter and consequently appears 

 broader. 



Bill (exposed culmen) 11 mm.; wing 72; tarsus 15*5. 



Type in the British Museum, ? ad., Ndala Tando, North 

 Angola, 14.ix.08. Dr. W. J. Ansorge coll. No. 434. 

 Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1910. 5. 6. 1432. 



0^5. The sexes are alike, eight skins from the same 

 locality were examined. 



