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Mirafra stresemanni, sp. nov. 



Adiitt male. General colour of the upper parts rich deep 

 cinnamon-rut'ous ; the crest-feathers, especially over each eye 

 and on the nape, streaked with black. The feathers of the 

 mantle have a black pear-shaped mark towards the tip. On 

 the back and scapulars the black markings are much heavier, 

 are bordered with reddish-chestnut, and fringed with buff. 

 Rump blackish, each feather broadly fringed with reddish- 

 chestnut. Primaries greyish-black, margined on two-thirds 

 of the outer web from- the base of each feather with deep 

 chestnut. Outermost secondaries greyish-black, broadly 

 margined on the outer web (except towards the tip, 

 which is narrowly edged) with deep chestnut. Innermost 

 secondaries black, becoming chestnut towards the tip, 

 and fringed on both webs with huffish-chestnut. Tail 

 black, the central pair broadly fringed on both webs with 

 chestnut, the outer pair have the entire outer web buff, 

 and the remainder of the tail-feathers are narrowly fringed — 

 on the outer web only — with chestnut. Under surface 

 chestnut-buff, the breast cinnamon-rufous, rather heavily 

 spotted with black. Under tail-coverts have a narrow 

 black streak along the shaft towards the tip. 

 Bill 16, wing 92, tail 63. tarsus 22 mm. 

 Iris pinkish-brown ; feet whitish-brown ; bill black above, 

 .whitish below. 



Type, c? ad. 15 miles north of Ngaundere, 3700 ft., 

 Adamawa, 3rd November, 1922 (No. 7064). G. L. Bates 

 coll. 



Obs. This species has nothing whatever to do with Mirafra 

 sfrumpelli Reichw. I have sent a skin to Berlin, and 

 Dr. Strosemanu has kindly compared it with his large series 

 of M. strilmpeUi — a much smaller bird, but from exactly the 

 same type-locality. 



Named in honour of Dr. E. Stresemann, without whose 

 cordial assistance I should have been unable to identify 

 numerous birds in the Cameroon collections. 



