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of especial mention and admiration was a group depicting 

 the Common Snipe and Jack-Snipe in the water on the bani^s 

 o£ the Nile, the Cranes nesting, the White Wagtail feeding 

 on flies in the Sea-Eagle's nest, a Swan flying, and the 

 " pictures " of the Eagle-Owl on its nest. Probably such 

 photographs have never been equalled in excellence. 



Admiral H. Lynes exhibited and described the following 

 new subspecies of birds from Darfur : — 



Ploceus (Sitagra) taeniopterus furensis, subsp. nov. 



Male in full breeding-plumage differs from P. t. tceniopterus 

 in having considerably more black and more chestnut on the 

 face and head. The black face extends about 4 mm. on 

 the average further to the rear, enclosing the eye ; the 

 chestnut similarly extends further down the nape. The 

 whole mantle is bright greenish yellow, instead of yellowish 

 green, and below, the yellow is inclined to greater vividness 

 than in the typical form. 



The females and males in non-breeding plumage are like 

 the typical form. 



Type in Brit. Mus. Ad. S , from Zahngei, 3000 ft., West 

 Central Darfur, 2nd Sept., 1921. Lynes-Lowe expedition. 



Dimensions of the type : — Wing 77 mm., tail 50 mm., 

 tarsus 21 mm., bill 16 mm. 



8 specimens collected in October at Zalingei in a swamp, 

 where they were nesting : — 



4 adult males : Wings 72-77 mm., tails 45-50 mm. 

 2 immature males : „ 72, 74 „ ,, 46-47 „ 

 2 adult males: „ 67,68 „ „ 42 „ 



Probably a summer visitor. 



Lanius excubitor jebelmarrae, subsp. nov. 



Identical with L. e. leucopygos (a common resident of 

 the " plains "), but with rather purer grey mantle, and the 

 rump grey like the mantle, instead of white. 



Type in Brit. Mus. Ad. J", from highland "downs" 

 of Jebel Marra, 7900 ft., 28 Nov., 1921. Lynes-Lowe 

 expedition. 



