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o£ the lower parts are much paler than in T. b. blythi, 

 the pale centres scarcely showing at all in contrast to 

 the surrounding parts of the feather. Both legs show 

 powerful but short blunt spurs about 4 inches in length. 



Total length about 21 inches ; bill, from front -75 ; wing 

 10; tail 7'7 ', tarsus 3 ; middle toe and claws 3. 



Hab. Tibet. 



Type in the Museum of the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. $. Dengan La, 8000 ft., Tibet, 30. iii. 14. 

 Capt. Molesworth coll. 



Obs. I have named this bird in honour of the collector, 

 Captain Molesworth. 



Mr. Claude Grant exhibited and described three new 

 subspecies from Africa which he proposed to name : — 



Pterocles quadricinctus lowei, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from Pterocles q. quadricinctus in its 

 larger size, generally darker and broader markings of the 

 upper surface and by having, on an average, a richer tone of 

 colouring throughout. On the crown of the head the streaks 

 are more clearly defined, and the white markings on the 

 forehead are perhaps slightly broader. 



Culmen 14 mm. ; wing 201 ; tail 90 ; tarsus 28. 



Type in the British Museum : ^ ad. Renk, White Nile, 

 12. V. 01. R. M. Hawker coll. 



The above subspecies is named in honour of Mr. Wil- 

 loughby P. Lowe. 



Streptopelia senegalensis sokotrsB, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from Streptopelia s. senegalensis in 

 being smaller in size and somewhat paler in colour. 



Culmen 13 mm. ; wing 129 ; tail 110 ; tarsus 19"5. 



Type in the British Museum : ^ ad. Hadibu Plain, 

 N. Sokotra, 12. xii. 98. W. B. Ogilvie-Grant and H. O. 

 Forbes coll. 



Poicephalus meyeri neavei; subsp. n. 



Adult female. Most nearly allied to F. m. saturatus Sharpe, 

 but generally darker throughout. It differs from that race 



