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CiNNYRIS MARGINATUS, Sp. 11. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. reichenowi, Sharpe, 

 hilt smaller, with a much shorter bill ; the green of the 

 iippersurface less golden ; the upper tail-coverts tipped with 

 purplish -blue ; and the scarlet breast - feathers margined 

 with bluish-purple. Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 

 Total length ca. 3"6 inches; culmen 0'65 ; wing 18G ; 

 tail 1*0; tarsus 0*5. 



Hab. Tapper Congo, 2000 feet, 8th Feb., 1907. 



Anthothreptes carruthersi, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to the male oi^ A. orienlaUs, 

 Hartl., but differs in having the colour of the uppersurface 

 of the tail of a more purplish-blue, but not so purple as in 

 A. longuemarii (Less.). It differs from both these species 

 in having the fore-neck and breast distinctly washed with 

 pale buff and the axillary-tufts bright golden-yellow instead 

 of pale chrome-yellow. Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 

 Total length ca. 5*5 inches; wing 2*9-3"05 ; tail 2"25-2*3 ; 

 tarsus 0*65. 



Adult female. Much like the female of A. longuemarii, 

 the belly and under tail-coverts being sulphur-yellow. 

 Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. Total length ca. 

 5'0 inches ; wing 2*75 ; tail 1-95 ; tarsus 0*69. 



Hab. West shore of Lake Tanganyika, 3000 feet, 2nd and 

 3rd Jan., 1907. 



Obs. Dr. Reiclienow has united A. orientalis with A. longue- 

 marii [c/. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 44^6 (1905)], but they appear to me 

 to be perfectly distinct forms as admitted by Captain Shelley 

 [B. Afr. ii. pp. 144-145 (1899)]. Mr. Carruthers procured 

 two males and a female of this handsome new species. 



CraTEROPUS CARRUTHERSI, Sp. U. 



Crateropus tanganjica, Shelley (nee Reichenow), Ibis, 

 1901, p. 170. 



Adult male. Nearly allied to C. tanganjica, Reich., but 

 with the feathers of the nape and upper mantle uniform 

 reddish-l)rown without dark middles, with no narrow black 



