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Deelfontein, in the Cape Colony, it was evident that two 

 species had been confounded by authors under the name of 

 JEgithalus capensis. The name of capensis would have to be 

 dropped, as Sonnerat's plate, on which Gmelin founded his 

 Parus capensis, was irrecognizable, and the earliest name 

 seemed to be Sylvia minuta, founded on Levaillant's 

 " Figuier Becque Fleur," from Oliphant's River, so that the 

 species would have to be called Anthoscopus minutus (Shaw), 

 while the lighter-coloured form must bear the name of Antho- 

 scopus smithi of Jardine and Selby. A. minutus was a much 

 darker bird, dull ashy in colour, with dark olivaceous rump, 

 and the under surface dull ochreous, while in A. minutus the 

 underparts were lighter and more sulphur-yellow, the upper 

 surface being much lighter, grey on the head, light olive- 

 greenish on the back, and slightly more saffron-yellow on 

 the rump. 



Colonel Rippon described a species of Proparus from 

 Western Yunnan, which he proposed to call 



Proparus sordidior, n. sp. 

 Similis P. ruficapillo, Verr., sed coloribus fuscescentioribus, 

 pileo fere chocolatino, striga nigra ad latera pilei distincta 

 distinguendus. Long. tot. 5*0 poll., culmen 04, alee 2*1, 

 cauda? 2*1, tarsi 0'75. 

 Hab. Gyi-dzin-shan, east of Talifu, W. Yun-nan, 9100 feet, 

 April 2, 1902. 



Capt. G. E. Shelley described the following new species 

 from specimens recently forwarded by Mr. Alfred Sharpe, 

 C.B., H.B.M. Consul-General and Commissioner for British 

 Central Africa, from Nyasa - Land, and collected by 

 Mr. McClounie. 



1. Callene sharpei, n. sp. 

 £ . Similis C. cyornithopsidi, Sharpe, sed supercilio lato albido, 



et plaga lorali nigra distinguenda. Long. tot. circa 5*0 



poll., alge 2*6, caudge T8, tarsi 0-9. 

 Hab. Masisi Hill, 5000 feet, Sept. 1902. 

 Named after Dr. Bowdler Sharpe. 



