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$. Total length ca. 3*2 inches ; wing 1*9; tail TO; tarsus 

 0-52. 



Hab. Near Avakarbi, Eastern Congo Forest, 2500 feet : 

 31st October, 1906. 



An adult pair of breeding-birds were procured by Mr. R. E. 

 Dent. 



Obs. '^Dr. Reichenow [c/. Vogel Afrikas, iii. p. 529 (1905)] 

 has united Pholidornis bedfordi, Grant, from Fernando Po, 

 to P. rushi(B (Cass.); the former, however, is a perfectly- 

 distinct species. This is only one of the many instances in 

 which this author has relegated very distinct forms, which 

 he has never examined, to the synonymy of some allied 

 species. 



"Another instance will be found in his manner of dealing 

 with the Weavers of the genus Cryptospiza (cf. op. cit. 

 p. 173), where C. australis, Shelley, is united to C. salvadorii, 

 Reichenow, and C. ocularis, Sharpe, to C. reichenowi (Hartl.), 

 though all four are perfectly distinct species.^' 



Gymnobucco sladeni, sp. n. 



Adult female. ]\Iost nearly allied to G. peli, Hartl., but 

 distinguished by having the bill black. Iris crimson ; feet 

 black. 



Total length ca. 6'2 inches; culmen 0*78; wing 3*5; 

 tail 19 ; tarsus 0*78. 



Hab. Mawambi, Congo Forest, 2500 feet : 31st October, 

 1906. 



A single adult specimen was procured by Mr. R. B. 

 Woosnam. 



This Barbet is named in honour of the late Mr. Percy 

 Sladen. 



On behalf of Sir Arthur Clay, Bart., Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 



also exhibited a specimen of the Corn-Crake {Crex crex) 

 which had been shot at Ardmeallie, Banffshire, on the 16th 

 of December, 1906. The bird was fat and in good condition, 

 but its late sojourn in this country had evidently been 

 involuntary and caused by an injury to one of its wings. 



