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by the present author on the Birunga Mountains, north o£ 

 Lake Kiwu. This fact has been ascertained by an actual 

 comparison between the type-specimen and one of my 

 females. 



As the adult male differs in several important points, and 

 as no description of the male of Crijptospiza slielleyi Sharp© 

 has ever been published, I take this opportunity of describing 

 it. Dr. Hartert informs me that there is a series of adult 

 males in the Tring Museum which perfectly corresponds with 

 my bird. 



Description. Adult male, collected on Mount Karissimbi, 

 Birunga Volcanoes, 3400 metres, 25/3/1921. 



Forehead and whole upper parts of the body including the 

 crown, nape, scapulars, sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts 

 nearest to "ox-blood red'" {Ridgway), the concealed parts of 

 the feathers olive-grey becoming more pure greyish basally. 

 Upper tail-coverts slightly darker red than the back. Chin, 

 throat, and breast somewhat more yellow than " warbler- 

 green " and more olive-lake on the chin. Sides of upper 

 breast more greenish. Centre of belly, sides of rump, under 

 tail-coverts, and thighs pure black. Remainder of underparts 

 cinnamon-rufous, which colour extends on the flanks some 

 distance above the black of the belly. The cinnamon-rufous 

 feathers separated from the black by some olive-greenish 

 feathers. Wings brownish black. Inner secondaries some- 

 what tinged with " ox-blood red " on the outer webs towards 

 the tips. Lesser wing-coverts tinged with olive. Remaining 

 wing-coverts brownish black. Under wing-coverts cinnamon- 

 rufous, becoming darker and more brownish towards the bend 

 of the wing. Axillaries olive. Iris dark brown. Bill . 

 carmine, becoming pink at base and coral-red at tip. Legs 

 dark brown. Total length 139 mm., wing 64 mm., tail 

 48 mm., culmen 12*5 mm., tarsus 20 mm. 



Mr. J. D. La Touchtc sent the following notes and de- 

 scriptions of new subspecies in the Suthora wehbiana group : — 



The Crow-Tits of Central and Eastern China of the Suthora 

 webhiana type have hitherto been classified by Hartert and 



