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his expedition to Lake Chad and the Nile. He proposed 

 to call them : — 



Thamnoljea claudi, sp. n. 



Ad. $ . Similar to the female of Thamnolcea suhruji- 

 pennis, Reichenow, having- the base of the tail chestnut, 

 but with the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 

 as well as the lower breast, abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts cinnamon-rufous, instead of deep maroon ; and the 

 back ashy-olive or olive-brown, contrasting with the crown, 

 which is slatj-grey. 



Total length ca. 8*0 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 4-1, 

 tail 3*25, tarsus 1"05. 



Hah. Pettia. 25th August, 1904. No. 330. 



rHINGILLABIA GOSLINGI, Sp. U. 



Ad. c? . Similar to F. septemstriata (Eiipp.^, but paler, 

 especially below, and having the ear-coverts light grey like 

 the throat, with a moustachial streak of black, and another 

 streak through the eye above the ear-coverts. 



Total length ca. 5*0 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2*9, 

 tail 2"3, tarsus 0*6. 



Hah. Mbima, River Welle. 8th August, 1904. 

 No. 756. 



Pttelia lopezi, sp. n. 



Ad. (^ . Similar to P. phcenicoptera, but with the fore- 

 head, sides of face, cheeks, ear-coverts and chin, 

 carmine-red. 



Total length ca. 4'5 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2"1, 

 tail 1*42, tarsus 0'6. 



Hah. Near Bunda. 3rd August, 1905. No. 1325. 



Mr. C. B. TiCEHUKST exhibited an adult male of the 

 Black-throated Wheatear [S. stapazina (Yieillot) ; 8. rufa, 

 Eusset Chat of H. E. Dresser], and made the following 

 remarks : — 



" This bird was shot between Lydd and Brookland, in 

 Kent, on May 23rd, 1906, by a labouring man, and sent to 

 Mr. Bristow, taxidermist, of St. Leonard's, on May 24th, 

 on which day I saw it in his shop just as he had finished 



