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Numida sabyi, sp. nov., 
in honour of its discoverer, Paul Saby. 
It differs widely from Numida meleagris meleagris and 
N. m. marchet (North Angola, Gabun, probably north to 
Lower Niger) in the entire absence of the wide pale vinous 
bluish-grey collar, the feathers being black or brown-black 
spotted and barred with white from the chest to the middle 
of the neck. All the wing-quills are black with white cross- 
bars and spots, not vermiculated with light grey,and the 
spots and bars of course not bordered with black, as in 
N. meleagris. Also the ground-colour of the tail-feathers 
and tail-coverts is almost pure black, except the outer webs, 
which are mottled with grey, and the white spots on the 
coverts are smaller. The back is much as in N. meleagris, but 
considerably darker. The whole under surface is darker, 
the white spots being smaller and on many feathers less 
numerous. The hind head and neck are differently feathered 
from any known Numida. The real feathering reaches to 
quite the middle of the neck, a few bristly feathers reach 
up to the chin, but on the occiput there is a bunch of 
apparently antrorse feathers, which cover the horn from 
behind! Horn and wattles as in old males of N. m. meleagris. 
The whole bird is larger than N. m. meleagris. Wing 
about 275, tail not measurable (moulting), tarsus 77, middle 
toe with claw 75 mm. 
Type. Adult, district of Zemmour, West Marocco. Col- 
lected by Lt. Paul Saby. 
I hope to exhibit this interesting Guinea-fowl when less 
_ brittle specimens are to hand. 
Mr. E. C. Sruarr Baxer described the following new 
subspecies of Babbler on behalf of Mr. Thomas Wells of 
the Natural History Museum :— 
Scotocichla fuscicapilla babaulti, subsp. nov. 
Adult. Similar to S. f. fuscicapilla (Blyth) from §.W. 
Ceylon, but much paler, especially on the underparts of the 
