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Parus xa.vthostomus, sp. n. 

 Similis P. nigro, sed remigibus tlavo marginatis, et ore 



intus flavo distinguendus. Long. tot. Q, alse 3'15. 

 Hab. in terra Zambesiana. Typus in Mus. G-. E. S. 



Parus rovum.^, sp. n. 

 Similis P. albiventri, sed notaeo^ tectricibus alarum minori- 



bus et pr^epectore oinereis minime nigris distinguendus. 



Long. tot. 6, alee 3-15. 

 Hab. prope flumen "E-ovuma^^ dictum in xA.frica orientali. 



Typus in Mus. G. E. S. 



Mr. F. W. Styan announced that in a collection of birds 

 made by Mr. B. Schmacker, of Shanghai, in the island of 

 Hainan, he had discovered five apparently new species, which 

 he diagnosed as follows : — 



Gra^Hnicola striata, sp. n. 

 Similis G. bengalensi, sed loris et superciliis fulvescentibus et 

 uropygii plumis anguste nigro striatis distinguenda. 

 Long. tot. 6'5, alae 2-25. 



PiNAROCICHLA SCHMACKERI, Sp. n. 



Similis P. euptilosa, sed rectricibus minime albo terminatis 

 distinguenda. Long. tot. 8*9, alae -i-2. 



CrYPSIRHINA NIGRA, Sp. U. 



Fuliginoso-nigra ; pileo, alis caudaque chalybeis. Long, tot, 

 L2-25, alcB 4-7. 

 Mr. Styan described the tail as " spatulate and deeply 

 notched at the tip," and he believes that the bird will be 

 found to be generically distinct from Cnjpsirhina. 



Cryptolopha bi color, sp. n. 

 Similis C. cantatrici, sed loris et facie lateral! albidis distin- 

 guenda. Long. tot. 4-35,- alas 2-45. 



Arboricola ardens, sp. u. 

 Similis A. intermedke, sed fronte superciliisque nigris et plag^. 

 praepectorali rubra, et dorso nigro fasciato, ut in A. tor. 

 <lutola, distinguenda. Long. tot. circa 9*0, alie 4-8. 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe exhibited the types of some of the 

 new species of birds described by Mr. W. R. Davison iu the 



