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portion pale greyish-brown, centre pale brown, extending 

 two-thirds up the feathers and terminating in an arc, lower 

 portion of shaft white. 



Measurements. 2^ mm. 



Down^ same colour as downy portion of feathers, but 

 slightly darker, conspicuous white tips, whitish immediately 

 above the calamus. 



Feathers and down more greyish than Wigeon (il/. pene- 

 lope), but similar in pattern. 



The feathers and down of M. americana do not appear to 

 have been previously described. 



Mr. Michael J. Nicoll sent the following description of 

 a new Sandgrouse : — 



Pterocles senegalensis floweri, subsp. nov. 



It has been known for some time that the Egyptian form 

 of the Singed Sandgrouse (P. exiistus auct.) differed from 

 others (cf. Neumann, 1919, Hartert, 1920), but material has 

 been lacking for comparison. I have now sent some Fayum 

 specimens to Dr. Hartert, who confirmed my views as to 

 their distinctness. They differ at a glance from the Sudanese 

 form by being darker, more grey on the head, back, and 

 breast, more resembling East African examples (P. s. oli- 

 vascens and another form), but the latter are still darker, the 

 upperside more blackish and more rufescent. The females 

 of P. s.jioweri are less brownish, the breast-band paler. 



Hah. Upper Egypt and Fayum. 



Type, i ad., Fayum, 2. iii. 1918. W. Raw leg., in Tring 

 Museum. 



Named in honour of Major Stanley S. Flower. 



Messrs. Iredale and Bannerman sent the following 

 note with regard to the generic names Te.vtor and Hyphant- 

 ornis: — Mr. H. C. Oberholser, with commendable zeal for 

 changing inaccurate names, has recently proposed (Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Wash. vol. xxxiv. pp. 78, 80, March 31, 1921) 

 some alterations in connection with the generic name Textor 

 with which we do not agree, and which, we think, should be 



