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Captain Alexander described the females of the following 

 species, which were previously unknown : — 



Lagonosticta nigricollis, Heugl. 



? ad. General colour hair-brown, with a tinge of French 

 grey on the crown ; upper tail-coverts dull crimson like the 

 centre tail-feathers ; remainder of the tail-feathers black, 

 externally dull crimson; sides of face and under surface of 

 body isabelline, shading into buff on the flanks and abdomen, 

 with a few tiny white spots on the sides of the body ; upper 

 mandible slaty black, the lower one slate-colour; feet dark 

 brown ; iris brown. Total length (in flesh) 40 inches, 

 culmen 04, wing 19, tail T7, tarsus - 5. 



Apalis nigriceps, Shelley. 



? ad. Similar in dimensions to the male. Crown of head 

 blackish slate-colour, not entirely black ; chin and throat 

 white tinged with buff; the black collar on the fore-neck 

 narrower. 



Mr. Hartert exhibited a new race of a Wren from the 

 Orinoko River, which he, in company with Count Berlepsch, 

 described as follows : — 



Thryophilus albipectus hypoleucus, Berlp. & Hart., 

 n. subsp. 



T. Thr. albipectus dicto simillimus, sed gastrseo fere omnino 



albo, hypochondriis crissoque solummodo rufescenti- 



olivaceo tinctis, notaeo quoque pallidiore, minus brun- 



nescente. 



Habitat in regione centrali fluminis Orinocensis. Typus 



in Mus. Rothsch. Tring, $ Altagracia 6. i. 1898, no. 9550, 



Cherrie coll. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert described the following new forms, 

 and exhibited their types together with the nearest allies : — 



NlGRITA DOHERTYI, n. Sp. 



Like iV. emilice from W. Africa, but darker, more slaty 

 above, and the white edges to the upper wing-coverts wider, 

 more spot-like. Size as in N. emilice. 



This form differs much from N. schistacea, Sharpe (of 



