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belongs to the genus Linurgus, and should be inserted in my 

 key to that genus (B. Africa, iii. p. 172) under the following 

 section : — 



'• a. Plumage nearly uniform tawny brown, darker above 



than below." 



a '. Larger, wing more than 4'0 inches concolor. 



V . Smaller, wing less than 3 - 5 inches. 



a 2 . Of a more rufous shade, &c, &c. 



" The type of Crithagra imberbis, Cab., lately rediscovered 

 in the Berlin Museum, proves to belong to my genus 

 Anomalospiza, one of the Viduince. We have therefore two 

 distinct species — Anomalospiza imberbis (Cab.), and Serinus 

 imberbis, Sharpe, the type of the latter being a specimen 

 from Tete on the Zambesi. This necessitates the following 

 corrections in my B. Afr. iii. p. 203 : — Delete ' Crithagra 

 imberbis, Cab/ and the references to it, and also ' Crithagra 

 chloropsis." 1 



" Mr. Neumann has recently informed me that his Serinus 

 sharpii is quite distinct from S. imberbis, Sharpe, and 

 represents S.flaviventris in E. Africa. I am sorry to have 

 to add that he has, however, renamed S. imberbis, Sharpe, as 

 S. shelleyi, overlooking the fact that Serinus imberbis, 

 Sharpe, is generically distinct from Crithagra imberbis, Cab. 



11 Hartlanb has given the same specific name to two species 

 of the genus Hypargus : Estrelda nitidula, Ibis, 1865, p. 269, 

 and Lagonosticta nitidula, Bull. Mus. R. Nat. Belg. 1886, 

 p. 145, pi. 4. figs. 1, 2. I was first made aware of this fact 

 by Mr. Hartert showing me an adult male of the latter 

 species, now in the Tring Museum, and obtained by Mr. C. 

 H. Pemberton at Sagua on the Quanza River. I propose to 

 rename this bird Hypargus harterti, after Mr. Ernst Hartert 

 as an acknowledgment of the good service he has rendered 

 to ornithology." 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant described a new species of 

 Francolin obtained by Col. Del me Radcliffe in Uganda. 



Francolinus mulem^c, n. sp. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to F. levaillanti 

 (Valcnc.) and F. Mkuyuensis, Grant. It resembles the former 



