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Mr. Ogilvie-Grant likewise exhibited examples o£ two 

 new African species, a Waxbill and a Barbet, and described 

 them as follows : — • 



ESTRILDA MACMILLAXI, Sp. n. 



Adult male. Distinguished from E. occidentalis, Fras. & 

 Jard., by its smaller size and the paler, more sandy colour 

 of the upperparts. Total length ca. 3"2 inches; wing 175- 

 1 77 ; rail 16; tarsus 055, 



Hab. Ibago, Baro River, 27th March, 1904. 



Obs. Three adult males, collected by Mr. P. C. Zapliiro, 

 were presented to the British ]\Iuseum by Mr. W. N. 

 McMillan, in whose honour the species has been named. 



Barbatula sharpei, sp. n. 



Barbatula leucolcema, Shelley (nee J. & E. Verr. ), Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xix. p. 45, spec./. (1891). 



Adult. Very similar in general appearance to B. leucoloema, 

 J. & E. Verr., but the white bands commencing above the 

 eye and extending backwards over the ear-coverts as well as 

 those extending from the lores to the white checks are 

 absent ; the basal portion of the black feathers of the back is 

 white instead of dark grey ; the throat and chest yellowish- 

 white ; the rest of the underparts pale clear yellow, with a 

 patch of black-tipped feathers in the middle of the breast ; 

 and the inner marginal under wing-coverts are black. Total 

 length ca. 3"8 inches; culmen 0'55 ; wing 2'1 ; tail 1*15; 

 tarsus 0'65. 



Hab. Cape Coast Castle. 



j\Ir. Ogilvie-Grant also exhibited, on behalf of ]\Ir. John 

 A. BucKNiLL, the rare or unknown eggs of the following 

 species of birds from South Africa : — 



Eutolmaetus spilogaster. Matabeleland, 9. vii. 04. C. 

 Wilde. 



Asturinula monogram/mica. Matabeleland. C. W. (Hi- 

 therto unknown.) 



Poliohierax semitorquatus. Wolmaranstad, Transvaal, 

 15. X. 05. Austin Roberts. 



