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Dr. Parrot has described (Orn. Monatsb. 1910, p. 13), 

 under the name of M. viridis reichenoivi, the Green Bee- 

 eater from Abyssinia, which he says is yellower on the 

 throat than M. viridis viridissimus. This form, however, 

 has nothing to do with the Egyptian bird, and is not 

 separable from M. v. viridissimus. 



Dr. E. Hartert exhibited examples of three new birds, 

 which he described as follows : — 



CiSTICOLA FLOWBRI, Sp. n. 



Adult. Bill strong, curved, and blackish in colour, only 

 the basal portion of the under mandible being whitish (in the 

 dry skin). Lores creamy white ; crown dull rufous, rest of 

 the upper parts greyish-brown, neither striped nor spotted. 

 Quills brown, outer webs edged with rufous-brown towards 

 the base ; innermost secondaries with the margin of the outer 

 web greyish-white towards the tip, inner webs edged with 

 dull buff. Eectrices blackish-brown, the central pair 

 browner, with an indistinct indication of a blacker subapical 

 bar; the four lateral pairs with white tips, about 6 mm. 

 wide on the second and third, but much narrower on the 

 fourth pair; outermost pair with white tips from 8 to 10 mm. 

 wide, and the outer webs entirely white. Underparts 

 creamy white, yellowish on the chest ; thighs rufescent. 

 Legs and feet (in skin) reddish-brown. 



Culmen 15 mm, ; wing 52-58*5 (probably male and 

 female) ; tail 39-42. 



Hab. Sennaar and Baraukwa on the Blue Nile. 



Type in the Tring Museum, No. S. F. 870. Collected 

 by Captain S. S. Flower, after whom the species has been 

 named. 



CiNNYRIS ZENOBIA BURUENSIS, Subsp. U. 



Adult male. The comparison of a dozen males of this Sun- 

 bird from Burn with a large series of C. zenobia zenobia 

 from Amboina (the original locality for typical C. zenobia) 

 and other islands shows that the Burn race has a much 



