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(4) Penthoceryx sonnerati waiti, subsp. nov. 
Type. No. 78.10.4.43, ¢, Legge Coll., British Museum, 
5.10.75. 
Type-locality. Ceylon. 
Differs from all other races in being very much darker 
above and below—in fact, it is almost a blackish brown rather 
than a rufous bird. 
In size it is much the same as sonnerati ; seven birds vary 
in wing-measurement between 12] and 126 mm. and average 
122°9 mm. 
Habitat. Ceylon. 
The material at present available shows no transition 
between the Northern Indian and Ceylon birds; the 
definition between the two is very abrupt, and birds from 
Travancore are just like northern birds and no darker. 
Mr. Wait has found this bird breeding in Ceylon, laying 
its eggs in the nest of Rhopocichla and Agithina. 
Mr. H. F. Wirnersy exhibited some skins which he had 
received from Mr. W. C. Tait of Oporto. Mr. Witherby 
remarked that he and Dr. Hartert had carefully compared 
the series sent by Mr. Tait and had found them very 
interesting, as there were few skins from Portugal in 
collections in this country, and a good many new sub- 
species had recently been described. It was interesting to 
note that Portuguese birds—at all events, from the neigh- 
bourhood of Oporto—were often different from those of 
southern Spain. 
Carduelis carduelis weigoldi Reichenow, Orn. Monats. 
91S; ps 15ST. 
Mr. Tait has sent a series of 11. Wings 70 to 745 mm. 
In coloration they compare almost exactly with C. c. parva, 
but are perhaps a shade more olivaceous. The wing of 
C. c. parva ranges from 70 to 78 mm. It is true that none 
of these specimens are so large as the largest C. c. parva, 
but otherwise the birds are so very much alike that it seems 
