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true Indicator conirostris of CassiD. The receipt of these 

 skins from Cameroons showed that they agreed perfectly with 

 the description and figure given by Cassin, but they proved 

 also that the birds from the Gold Coast referred to /. coni- 

 rostris in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' were not identical with 

 the Gaboon species, and Dr. Sharpe therefore proposed for 

 them the name of 



Indicator ussheri, n. sp. 



Similis /. conirostri, sed capite aureo-olivaceo, dorso concolore, 

 et gastrseo pallidiore griseo, olivaceo-flavo lavato, distin- 

 guendus. Long. tot. 6'0 poll., culm. 6, alae 4' 65, 

 caudse 1*35, tarsi 0*6. 

 Typus ex Fantee (H. T. Ussher : Mus. Brit.). 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant described a new Bunting, 

 obtained by Mr. Bury in Southern Arabia : — 



Fringillaria dthaLjE, n. sp. 



Adult male. Resembles F. insularis, Grant & Forbes (from 

 Socotra), in the generally paler rnfous colour of the under- 

 pays, but is distinguished by having all the feathers of 

 the crown edged with white. In F. insularis the tracts 

 between the white stripes are uniform black. The tail in the 

 present form is, moreover, longer, and measures 2*4 to 

 2'6 inches, whereas in the Socotra form it does not exceed 2*2. 



Adult female. Resembles the female of F. insularis, but the 

 tail is somewhat longer. 



Hub. Dthala, South-western Arabia. 



Mr. F. Coburn exhibited an adult male specimen of Anser 

 rubrirostris, Hodgson, one of five specimens received by him 

 from Limerick, Ireland, on November 23rd, 1901, and pointed 

 out some of the characters which separated this eastern form 

 from A. cinereus. In addition to the generally paler colo- 

 ration of its plumage, the distinct white band at the base and 

 sides of bill, the much blacker underparts, and very distinct 

 coloration of the bill and legs, a striking structural character, 

 which was noticeable in all five specimens, and had pre- 

 viously been remarked upon by Hume, was the fact that 



