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white, with large dusky shaft-patch: Loral spot black, 
a white line starts from just in front of this and passes to 
posterior angle of eye. Thighs blackish tipped white. Tail- 
feathers 12, broad, not decomposed, feet large; tarsus 
26 mm., grey-brown. Bill 15 mm. long and strong. Upper 
mandible black, lower greyish. . 
Wings 70 mm. 
Female similarly coloured, but has only slight indication 
of eye-stripe. 
Type in Tring Museum. GJ ad., 11.1.19, Sezibwa River, 
Uganda. Dr. van Someren Coll. 
Obs. This remarkable bird has not been met with any- 
where but on the swampy banks of the Sezibwa River, in 
Uganda. Five specimens were collected. They belong to 
the broad-tail group of Bradypterus, having twelve tail- 
feathers. This species is named after my faithful and 
excellent head collector, to whose energy I am indebted for 
the magnificent collection of EH. African and Uganda birds 
I now possess. 
Bradypterus altumi, sp. nov. 
Upperside, including crown, mantle, rump, wings, and — 
tail brownish olive, a greyish-white superciliary stripe. 
Loral spot blackish, ear-coverts greyish olive, throat whitish, 
feathers tipped olive-brown. Breast and flanks greyish olive 
with brownish wash, most pronounced on flanks. Thighs 
olive-brown. Abdomen whitish grey. ‘Tail composed of 
ten narrow decomposed feathers. Tarsus 24 mm., grey- 
brown. Bill 10 mm., upper blackish, lower greyish brown. 
Wings 64mm. Under wing-coverts grey olive-brown. 
Range. Highlands of B. Hast Africa, 8000 to 10,000 ft. 
Molo district and Mt. Kenia. ; 
Type in Tring Museum. @ ad., 21.7.17, Molo Forests. 
Dr. van Someren Coll. 
Obs. The young birds have the throat and abdomen 
washed with yellowish olive, and the general plumage with a 
more yellowish-olive tinge. Sexes are alike. Seven speci- 
mens were obtained. The nest is constructed of blades of 
grass and reeds, and placed in a clump of reeds or willow- 
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