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4. Indicator willcocksi, n. sp. 



<$ ad. Most nearly allied to /. exilis (Cass.), but slightly 

 larger. Upper parts golden olive striped with blackish 

 centres to the feathers, almost uniform on crown and nape, 

 the blackish centres becoming more strongly marked 

 on the back ; no dusky band below the cheeks and ear- 

 coverts ; sides of neck and underparts ashy olive,, fading into 

 creamy white on the lower breast and abdomen ; wing and 

 centre tail-feathers black, edged with golden yellow. Total 

 length (in flesh) 4*5 inches, wing 26, tail 2, tarsus 04. 



Hab. Prahou, Gold Coast Colony, 6 Aug., 1900. Named 

 in honour of Sir James Willcocks, K.C.B. 



5. Alseonax gambagte, n. sp. 



<$ ad. Most nearly allied to A. murinus (Fischer & Reich.), 

 but larger, and differing in the following characters : — 

 General colour above light brown, marginal and under wing- 

 coverts white; underparts white, tinted with brown on the 

 lower throat and sides of chest, where there are a few obscure 

 brown shaft-stripes. Total length (in flesh) 4 - 7 inches, wing 

 3, tail 2*4, tarsus 5. 



Hab. Gambaga, Gold Coast Hinterland, 27 April, 1901. 



The following rare and little known species, forming part 

 of the collection, which numbered nearly 1100 specimens, 

 were also exhibited : — 



Anthreptes idius (Oberhols); Sa/pornis salvadorii (Bocage), 

 not before obtained on the West Coast ; Heliocorys modest a, 

 Heugl. ; Mirafra erythropygia (Strict.) ; Pyrrhulauda oto- 

 leuca, Temm. ; Emberiza affinis, Salvad. ; Emberiza cabanisi 

 (Reichen.) ; Estrelda capistrata, Hartl. ; Lagonosticta nigri- 

 collis, Heugl. ; Lanius gubernator (Hartl.) ; Andropadus 

 minor, Bocage ; Criniger albigularis (Sharpe) ; Pholidornis 

 7'ushice (Cass.); Apalis nigriceps, Shelley; Orthoiomus ery- 

 thropterus (Jard.) ; Cossypha giffardi, Hart. ; Bessonornis 

 gambaga, Hart. ; Cassinia finschi, Sharpe ; Hyliota flavi- 

 gastra, Swains. ; Hyliota nehrkorni, Hartl. ; Chcetura ussheri, 

 Sharpe ; Indicator stictithurax, Reichen. ; Dryotriorchis spec- 

 tabilis (Schl.) ; Francolinus albogularis, Gray; Otis senega- 

 lensis, Vieill. 



