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Cryptospiza siielleyi, n. sp. 

 cJ. Similis C. reichenowi et C. ocularis sed multo major, 

 rostro crassiore, mandibula tota coccinea, maxilla nigra; 

 secundariis intimis brunneis nee sordide coccineis dorso 

 concoloribus ; gastraeo toto olivascenti-ochraceo, corporis 

 lateribus sordide rubesccntibus ; subcaudalibus nigris 

 distinguenda : rostro nigro, apice coccinea, mandibula 

 coccinea ; pedibus sepiariis ; iride brunnea. Long. tot. 

 51 poll., culm. 065, ala3 2*6, caudse 1*9, tarsi - 85. 



Hab. Ruwenzori, Feb. 22, 1902. 



Obs. A very large species, remarkable for its parti-coloured 

 bill. 



SlTAGRA ALIENA, n. Sp. 



$ . Similis nulla speciei generis c Sitagra' dicti. Notseo 

 concolore, flavicanti-olivaceo ; pileo uridique et gutture 

 nigris; gutture imo laterali et prsepectore castaneis; 

 pectore et abdomine laste flavis, subcaudalibus magis 

 cervinis ; corporis lateribus olivaceo-viridioribus : rostro 

 nigro ; pedibus sordide corneo-cseruleis ; iride coccinea. 

 Long. tot. 5*6 poll., culm. 08, alas 2*8, caudse 2*2, 

 tarsi 0*9. 

 ? . Mari similis, sed gutture summo tantum nigro, 



gutture reliquo et prsepectore castaneis. 

 Hab. Ruwenzori, Feb. 13, 1902. 



Obs. This species, according to Capt. Shelley's classifi- 

 cation of the Weaver-Birds (B. Afr. i. p. 38), would come 

 into his genus Hyphanturgus, but even then there is no 

 species with a black head and throat. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant described two new species of birds 

 collected by Mr. G. W. Bury on the Yemen frontier of 

 Southern Arabia : — 



Serinus rothschildi. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to S. xantho- 

 pygius, but the general colour of the upper-parts greyer and 

 the rump dull olive-yellow ; the feathers of the chin, throat, 

 and under-parts with dark middles, giving these parts a 

 sparsely spotted and streaked appearance ; the bill consider- 

 ably heavier. Total length 5*0 inches, wing 2*6, tail 2*0, 

 tarsus 0*6. 



