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fication for regarding the bird of the Lower Kasai and adjacent 

 districs as a distinct géographie race, thus far unnamed. 



Dr. Schouteden has generously loaned me three spécimens from 

 his collection for comparison with the material in the American 

 Muséum, and has requested me to describe the new form. I am happy 

 to name it in his honor. 



GUTTERA EDOUARDI SCHOUTEDENI, new subspecies. 



Type. — $ adult, Kwamouth, Belgian Congo, collected by Dr. 

 H. Schouteden, N° 768. 



Description of Type. — Most closely resembling G. e. pallasi, but the 

 spots on the body smaller and more sharply outlined, whiter. Especially is 

 this noticeable on rutnp and upper tail-coverts. The black collar at base of 

 neck somewhat more extensive than in pallasi. From G. e. seth-smithi it 



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Fig. 2. — Feathers from lower rump of two races of Guttera edouardi 

 inhabiting the Belgian Congo. A. G. e. schoutedeni, çf ; B. G. e. 

 seth-smithi, çj 1 . In the latter the blue borders about the white spots 

 are wider. with the resuit that the spotting seems bluer and more 

 diffuse. Three-quarters natural size. 



is distinguished by the whiter spotting of the body and narrower black 

 collar, especially on the hind neck. There is no red skin about the eye. 

 as in G. e. granti of East Africa. Only the throat and fore neck are red, 

 the skin of malar région and ail the rest of head and hind neck being 

 dark blue. 



The crest feathers are less curly than in edouardi, more as in pallasi 

 and seth-smithi. the longest ones measuring 40 mm. Those of the forehead 

 reach 27 mm. Gape-wattles stnall, scarcely noticeable. 



