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pervades the plumage of all ground-birds in Cyrenaica, 

 but specimens from the sand-dunes near Bengasi and the 

 young spotted bird reveal the original colour. 



Hah. Plateau and plains of Barka or Cyrenaica. Type 

 in the Tring Museum. ^ ad., near Bengasi, 27.iii. 1922. 

 Hartert and Hilgert coll. 



Named after Dr. E. Festa, the traveller in many lands, 

 who, with the exception of Dodson, who collected for Mr. 

 Whitaker along the coast of south-western Cyrenaica on 

 his journey from Murzah to Bengasi, was the first to attempt 

 the ornithological exploration of Cyrenaica. 



Mr. G. M. Mathews described the following new birds from 

 material brought back from Australia by Mr. Tom Carter : — 



Polophilus phasianinus highami, subsp. nov. 



Differs from P. p. melaniirus (red phase) in having a 

 black patch on the back of the neck, and in having the 

 two outer tail-feathers black. It is also smaller. Winff 

 255 mm. 



Collected on Glenflorrie, Ashburton Eiver, Mid- West 

 Australia. 



Calamantlms montanellus leakei, subsp. nov. 



Differs from C. m. montanellus in being paler olive 

 above, and the black striping both above and below less 

 pronounced. 



Collected at Woolundra, Gold Fields Railway, interior of 

 South-West Australia, on 22 March, 1922. This subspecies 

 connects up C. liartogi, which should be called CalamantJius 

 montanellus hartogi. 



Nesoptilotis leucotis woolundra, subsp. nov. 



Differs from N. I. leucotis in being smaller. It is also 

 darker on the back, but the black throat not so pronounced. 

 The white ear-patch is smaller. 



Collected at Woolundra, South-West Australia, on 

 28 March, 1922. 



