Brown-backed Finch. 



Nigrita fusconotus, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 184.2, p. 145. 



I have ventured to place the accompanying bird in Mr. Strickland's genus Nigrita, not- 

 withstanding the great contrast in its markings and distribution of its colours, the form of its bill, 

 wings, legs, and tail, are essentially the same. 



Habitat, Clarence, Fernando Po. 



The head, neck, shoulders, primaries, rump and tail feathers, are shining black; the back 

 and scapulars are grey-brown; the whole under surface is dirty white; the bill and feet are 

 black; the irides are hazel. 



Total length, four inches and a quarter. 



The plant is the Mimosa scandens, known in the Dukhun (its native country) by the name of 

 " GharbeeT It is copied from a drawing by Col. Sykes. 



