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as in P. a. granti ; these may be the birds from west o£ 

 Finsch Hafen, but I do not venture as yet to give- them a 

 name. 



On the Fly River, where P. a. novceguinece and P. a. rag- 

 giana meet, a number of intergradations occur, ranging in 

 the colour o£ the side-plumes from flame-scarlet to orange- 

 yellow. These are considered to be hybrids by those who 

 treat P. apoda and P. raggiana as species, but I consider 

 them to be intergradations between two subspecies. 



Mr. N. B. KiNNEAR sent the following descriptions of new 

 races : — 



Certhia himalayana intermedia, subsp. nov. 



Very similar to C himalayana yunnanensis Sharpe, but 

 with a distinct ferruginous tinge, and not so grey as in that 

 race. From C. himalayana himalayana it differs in being 

 darker, less ferruginous, and the fulvous band on the 

 primaries much paler, while on the underside it is whiter. 



Type in the British Museum. Mt. Victoria, S. Chin 

 Hills, Burma, 6500 ft. Col. G. Rippon coll. Brit. Mus. 

 Reg. No. 1905.9.10. 529. 



Obs. Nine specimens examined (none sexed), all from same 

 locality at from 8000-8800 ft. 



Mirafra africana ruwenzoria, subsp. nov. 



Similar to M. africana tropicalis Hartert, but much darker 

 and with a less rufous tinge on the back, while on the neck 

 and the back of the head it is less pronounced. The blackish- 

 brown centres to all the feathers on the upperside are 

 broader and darker, and the underside is slightly paler. 



Type. (?. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 4 June, 

 1906. R. E. Dent. No. 425, Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1906. 

 12.23.473. 



Obs. In describing the collections made by the Ruv\enzori 

 Expedition in the Trans. Zool. Soc: 1910, p. 311, Mr. Ogilvie- 

 Grant considered the Rufous-naped Lark to be identical with 

 Mirafra africana tropicalis Hartert, but, after examining 



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