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wing is rounded, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries 
longest and subequal, the second about equal to the seventh, 
and the first about equal to the ninth. The tail is slightly 
rounded at the tip and about four-fifths the length of the 
wing. The tarsus is about half the length of the tail, and 
the middle toe and claw about half the length of the tarsus. 
Coloration : male and female similar. ‘Type, MZ. josephine 
(Chubb). 
‘This species has hitherto been associated with Euscarthmus, 
but it differs entirely from the type of that genus by its 
much broader bill, which has a fanciful resemblance to that 
of the genus Cochlearius. ; 
Mr. D. A. Bannerman described a new race of Babbler 
from the Welle River in the north Belgian Congo, which he 
proposed to call :— 
Crateropus tenebrosus claudei, subsp. nov. 
Most nearly allied to Crateropus tenebrosus tenebrosus 
Hartl., but differs from that species in having the entire 
upper-parts washed with russet-brown. The under-parts are 
likewise more russet-brown, becoming almost rufous on the 
flanks and under tail-coverts. ‘The lores are not deep black 
as in the typical species, and the bill, although equal in 
length, is decidedly finer. The feathers of the throat and 
upper breast have uniform dark brown centres, and are 
margined with russet-brown, instead of with grey as in 
C. tenebrosus tenebrosus. Moreover, these scale-like feathers: 
with the dark middles and light margins do uot continue 
far down the breast as they do in the typical form. 
Tris yellowish white; bill black ; legs and feet (in the 
dried skin) dark reddish-brown. 
Wing 112 mm.; tail 111 (measured from middle of 
central pair of rectrices); bill 21°5; tarsus 34. 
G adult, No. 1125. Poko, Welle River, N. Belgian 
Congo, 13.viii.14. Coilector Dr. Cuthbert Christy. 
Obs.—Only two specimens of this new Babbler were 
