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Paludipasser, gen. n. 



Similar to Spermestes, but with a much more diminutive 

 and slender bill, this being at the same time more compressed 

 and not so rounded as in Spermestes. 



The type is 



Paludipasser locustella, sp. n. 



Male. Blackish above, the feathers having brown margins 

 with white subterminal spots; throat smoky-brown; remainder 

 of the under surface blackish, barred with white; wing-coverts 

 and quills brownish, edged with rusty-brown, lighter on the 

 coverts, which have a subterminal spot of the same colour ; 

 under wing-coverts light buff. Total length about 25 inches; 

 culmen 0'25 ; wing 1*7 ; tail TO; tarsus 065. 



Hub. Marshes near Lake Bangweolo, 1st June, 1908. 



Obs. A second specimen was obtained. It is obviously a 

 younger bird and has the underparts mostly buff, only the 

 sides and flanks being barred with black. 



Bradypterus msiri, sp. n. 



Achdt female. Similar to B. nyasce, Shelley, but smaller and 

 with a longer and more slender bill. It also differs in having 

 the throat and breast whitish ; the flanks, belly, and under 

 tail-coverts dull chestnut ; and the upper surface generally 

 much darker and of a more chestnut-brown. Iris brownish ; 

 bill brownish horn-colour, paler at the base of the lower 

 mandible ; feet dull flesh-colour. Total length about 

 5*2 inches; eulmen 057 ; wing 2" I; tail 2 - 7; tarsus 0*7. 



Hub. Bunkeya River, Lufira Valley, Katanga, 13th Sept., 

 1907. 



Mr. Clifford Borrer exhibited examples of the following 

 species : — 



Wheatear (Sa.vicola amanthe). — A pied variety with a 

 white head and the hack partly white. This bird was 

 obtained in East Norfolk, Sept. 1909, and was the property 

 of Mr. J. P. Musters. 



