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90 km. west of Lake Albert Edward, 1600 m. above the sea- 

 level. The males of this little group are golden-yellow 

 underneath, the females o£ D. g. graueri reddish chestnut, 

 that of D. ansorgei also chestnut, except the abdomen which 

 is yellow. 



Dr. V. G. L. VAN SOMEREN Sent the following description 

 of a new Sigmodus : — 



Sigmodus scopifrons keniensis, subsp. nov. 



Distribution of colours as in S. scopifrons scopifrons Ptrs. 

 but generally darker throughout, most marked on the crown, 

 throat, and underside. The sooty black of the crown more 

 pronounced, but not sharply defined from the grey of the 

 neck. 



Wings 106-109 mm.,as against 98-103 in typical scopifrons. 



Type. ? adult, Meru, N.E. Mt. Ivenia, 3/1/21. InTring 

 Museum, Dr. van Someren Coll. 



Habitat. The scrub and thorn bush-country. 



Distributioji, The country east and north of Kenia to 

 Marsabit, and west to the Karoli Mts., going east to the 

 upper waters of the Juba River. 



Observations. 25 specimens of typical scopifrons from the 

 Coast regions from the mouth of the Tana south to Vanga 

 were compared with 32 of the inland race. 



Mr. J. D. La Touche forwarded descriptions of the fol- 

 lowing new subspecies of birds from China : — 



Corvus coronoides mengtszensis, subsp. nov. 



Differs from C. c. Jiassi and C. c. colonorum in having the 

 head and neck very glossy and the under()arts black, the 

 feathers broadly edged with glossy blue-black. The upper 

 parts are mixed purple and green ; the upper surface of the 

 innermost secondaries, primaries, and corresponding coverts 

 green ; the secondaries, with corresponding coverts, purple. 



^ , wing 329 mm., culmen 59 mm., height of bill 23 mm. 



? 9 55 318 ,j ,, 55 „ ,, ,, 22 „ 



Types, c?, Mengtsz, 27 Jan., 1921. 



