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;Mr. RicKETT sent the description of a new species of 

 Trogon. obtained by him on the same expedition to Kuatun : — 



HaRPACTES YAMAKANENSrSj Sp. n, 



H. similis H. erythrocephalo, sed supr^ olivascentiori- 

 bninneus, pileo quoque olivascenti - brunneo distin- 

 guendus. Long. tot. 13'3 poll., culm. 0*75, alae 6'2, 

 caudse 6"8, tarsi 0'8. 

 Hah. Yaraakan, Foh-kien. 



Mr. Boyd Alexa.vder gave an account of his recent ex- 

 pedition to the Zambesi River and its tributaries. Amongst a 

 number of specimens of interesting species obtained by him, 

 the following were pointed out as some of the more remark- 

 able : — Chcstura stictilceraa, Erythropijgia zambesiana, E. 

 quadrivirgata, Cossypha natalensis, C. heuglini, Pinarornis 

 plumosus, Nicator gulnris, Dryoscopus sticturus, Erythro- 

 cercus francisci, Saxicola falkensteini, Campothera bennetti, 

 Glaucidium capense, Macronyx ivintoni, Glareola emini, 

 Locustella jluviatilis. 



The following species were described by Mr. Alexander 

 as new : — 



Syltiella pallida, sp. n. 



Most nearly allied to Sylviella leucopsis, Reichenow^ the 

 typical examples of which were obtained at Malinda. The 

 British Museum possesses a male and female of the typical 

 S. leucopsis from the neighbouring island of Manda, and I 

 have compared my specimens with these. From aS. leucopsis 

 the Zambesi specimens differ in the following particulars : — 

 The upper parts are uniform grey, not washed with greenish ; 

 the bill is larger, and is black, not broa-n. Superciliary stripe, 

 chin, throat, cheeks, and fore-neck, as well as the centre of 

 the breast and belly, white, tinged with buff; the sides and 

 flanks more distinctly washed with the latter colour. 

 (^ , Culmen 0*45 inch, wing .2"3, tail 1, tarsus 0'7o. 

 $ . Wing 2-1 inches. 



Hub. Zambesi River. 



Eke.mo.mela helexor.e, sp. n. 



^lost nearly allied to E. polioxanthu, but differs in the 

 following particulars : — It is smaller ; the feathers of the 



