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Mr. Boyd Alexander^ who was warmly welcomed by the 

 members of the Club, gave a short account of his three 

 years^ journey across Africa, from west to east. He 

 furnished various interesting details regarding the nature 

 of the Fauna met with in the different regions traversed 

 during his long and arduous journey. 



By special request he gave an account of the capture of 

 the fine male Okapi, which he had procured and presented 

 to the British Museum. 



Mr. Alexander also exhibited and described examples of 

 the following six new species of birds ; — 



Cryptospiza sharpei, sp. n. 

 cJ . C. notseo sordide coccineo, pileo et collo postico saturate 



schistaceis ; gutture toto et prsepectore schistaceis ; 



corpore reliquo subtus nigro, corporis lateribus maculis 



albidis guttatis. Long. tot. 4"5 poll., culm. 0"5, alse 2"1, 



caudse 1'95, tarsi 0*7. 

 Hab. Kemo River, French Congo. 



Callene lopezi, sp. n. 

 <^ . C. similis C. cyornithopsidi, sed corporis lateribus brun- 

 neis, minime aurantiaco-rufis distinguenda. Long. tot. 

 5*0 poll., culm. 0'65, alse 2*9, caudae 2*05, tarsi 0*9. 

 Hab. Libokwa, Welle R., March 13, 1906. 

 Named after Jose Lopes, Mr. Alexander's Portuguese 

 collector. 



Bathmedonia talboti, sp. n. 

 $ . Similis B. rufm $ , sed plaga ad latera prsepectoris 

 posita pallide cervino-ochracea, distinguenda. Long, 

 tot. 4-5 poll., culm. 0-5, alae 2*15, caudse 19, 

 tarsi 0"9. 

 Hab. Libowka, Welle R., March 7, 1905. 

 Named after Mr. P. A. Talbot, Surveyor to the Alexander- 

 Gosling Expedition. 



Erythropygia collsi, sp. n. 

 $ . Similis E. leucostictee, sed valde differens, torque prse- 

 pectorali evidente schistaceo ; pegtore et corpore subtus 



