vascenti-viridibus distingueridus. Long. tot. 4'S poll., 

 ahe '2'2, cauds 1*8, tarsi 0"S. 

 Hub. Cape EnganOj N.E. Luzon. 



]\Ir. Grant also described a ueAV Proparus from jManipur 

 and the Xaga Hills, -which he proposed to call 



Pkoparus austexi, sp. n. 

 P. similis P. vbupedori, scd pileo rufescentiore, et albedine 

 gutturis restricta : prffipectore yinaceo nee albo distin- 

 guendus. Long. tot. 4"5 poll., culm. 0'4-3, als 2'3, 

 caudce 2^0, tarsi'O'Q. 



Captain Shelley described three nerr species of African 

 Barbets, as follows : — 



Stactol.ema "stoodwardi, sp. n. 

 Simile S. olivaceo, Shelley, sed paullo major, et plaga raagnS 

 sulphurea auriculari usque ad nucham producta distin- 

 guendum. Long. tot. 65 poll., cnlra. 0"75, alae 2>'o, 

 caudffi 2:3, tarsi 95. 

 Hab. Zulu Land. 



Trichol.ema ansorgii. 

 Simile T. hirsuto, sed hypochondriis latius nigro maculatis, 



minime albo fasciatis distinguendum. Long. tot. G'3 poll., 



alee 3 -.5. 

 Hab. L'ganda. 



Tricholxma gabonense, sp. n. 

 Simile T. Itirsuto, sed brunnescentius, et facie laterali baud 

 albo notata distinguendum. Long. tot. 7"3 poll., culm. 

 0"95, alaj 3'6, caudae 2'1, tarsi 9. 

 Hab. Gaboon to Cameroons. 



Dr. BovvBLER Sharpe stated that a recent examination of 

 the type of Bradyornis woodwardi from Katal had convinced 

 him that it -v^'as only an example of Sylvia siynplex { = S. hor- 

 fensis, auct.) in greenish plumage. The specimen in question 

 had a some-^liat abnormally shaped bill, Tvhich made it look 

 like a Bradyornis, and, moreorer, the plumage did not 

 resemble that of any specimen of <S. simplex uith Trhich 

 it had been compared. The greenish plumage must be tha.t 



