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duobus externis albo late terminatis. Long. tot. 11'5 

 poll., culm. 0'55j alse 7'2, caudse 5"2, tarsi 075. 

 ? ad. Mari similisj sed remigibus et rectricibus baud albo 

 notatis. 

 Hab. River Ja, Camaroons. 



Colonel Gr. Rippon forwarded descriptions of several new 

 species of birds discovered by him during his recent expedi- 

 tions to Western Yunnan : — 



Regulus yunnanensiSj sp. n. 

 (^ ad. Similis R. hunalayensi, sed ubique saturatior^ supra 

 sordide olivascenti-viridisj uropygio vix pallidiore viridi, 

 plaga coronali igneo-aurantia, quam in R. himalayensi 

 valde laetiore, gutture et gastraeo sordide cinerascentibus 

 distinguendus. Long. tot. 3'9 poll., culm. 0*4, alee 2^2, 

 caudse 1"55, tarsi 0'85. 



Hab. Yangtze River, W. Yunnan. 



Pyrbhula altera, sp. n. 



^ ad. Similis P. erithaco ^ , sed supra clarius schistaceus, nee 

 murino-brunneus, rubedine pectoris magis miniata, nee 

 aurantiaco-rubra distinguendus. Long. tot. 6*5 poll., 

 culm. 0"35, alse 3'3, caudse 2'8, tarsi 0'75. 



$ ad. Similis P. erithaco ? , sed saturatior, gastraeo intense 

 chocolatino, nee vinaceo-brunneo, dorso sordide choco- 

 latino, pileo colloque postico clarius scbistaceis. Long, 

 tot. 6"5 poll., alse 3'3. 

 Hab. Sliayang, Cliatung Road, W. Yunnan. 



Accentor talifuensis, sp. n. 

 Ad. Similis A. nipalensi, sed multo saturatior, dorso absque 

 nigricantioribus, plumis minus ferrugineo marginatis; 

 capite et collo postico, facie laterali, gutture imo et 

 praepectore sordide cinerascentibus, nee rufescenti- 

 brunneo lavatis distinguendus. Long. tot. 7'Q poll., 

 culm. 0*6, alse 3*9, caudae 265, tarsi 1*0. 



Hab. E. of Talifu, W. Yunnan. 



Mr. F. J. Jackson sent descriptions of the following new 

 species of birds from Equatorial Africa : — 



Alseonax griseigularis, sp. n. 

 ^ ad. Similis A.carulescenti, sed minor, et gutture gastrseoque 



