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unites under the name imberhis all the described species. 

 Even if he is right in this amazing conclusion (which I am 

 loath to admit), the West African race here described must be 

 allowed to stand, as it is highly improbable that there can 

 be as great a variation in size as Dr. van Someren assures 

 us takes place in the colour o£ the plumage of the other races. 

 The described races are : — 



1. Anomalospiza imberhis imberhis Cab. Type-loc. : 



Zanzibar. 



2. Anomalospiza imberhis rendalli iShell. Type-loc. : 



Natal. 



3. Anomalospiza imberhis macmillani Bannerm. Type- 



loc. : S. Abyssinia. 



4. Anomalospiza imberhis hutleri Scl. & Praed. Type- 



loc. : Lado Enclave. 



5. Anomalospiza imberhis tibatiensis Bannerm. Type- 



loc. : Tibati, Cameroon. 



Other rare birds obtained during Mr. Bates's last expedition 

 which were exhibited by Mr. Banneeman were : — 



Lecythoplastes preussi Reichw. • 



A series o£ this very rare Swallow was obtained 35 miles 

 south of Jos. It was not represented in the British Museum 

 until Mr. A. C. Francis sent a skin from Northern Nigeria a 

 few weeks ago. The type came from Sannaga, near Edea, in 

 Cameroon, and Mr. Chapin also obtained it in the N. Belgian 

 Congo. 



Feancolinus bicalcaratus ogilvie-geanti. 



A fine series of this Francolin was secured by Mr. Bates 

 during his last journey, as well as further examples of most 

 of the new forms described by myself from Mr. Bates's first 

 journey to Adamawa. 



Bubo shelleyi Sharpe. 



This very rare Eagle-Owl is known only from the Gold 

 Coast, and I believe the two specimens in the British Museum, 

 the type and another — both collected by Ussher at Denkera, — 

 were the only adults in existence. 



