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of birds, and on their return to Mombasa had sent a native 

 collector to work along the coast to Lamu, and had thus 

 obtained skins of several rare species, as well as two which 

 appeared to be new to science. 



He exhibited specimens of the following : — 



1. Uraeginthus cyanocephalus Richmond, near Chanlers 



Falls, Guaso Nyiro. An immature specimen pre- 

 sented by Colonel Clarke was the only example in 

 the Natural History Museum. 



2. Erythrocercus holochlorus Erlanger, coast south of 



Lamu. A species not represented in the Museum. 



3. Stizorhina grandis O.-Grant, Malindi. The type speci- 



men in the Museum was the only example hitherto 

 known. 



4. Macronyx aurantiigula Reiehenow, Malindi. Three 



examples of this rare and beautiful Long-claw had 

 recently been presented to the Museum by Mr. A. B, 

 Percival and Mr. Guy Blaine. 



The new forms he proposed to describe as follows : — 

 Hetekhyphantes golandi, sp. n. 



Adult male. Resembles the adult female of H. reichenoivi 

 (Fischer), but the chin, throat, fore-neck, upper breast, and 

 thighs are black ; the bastard-primary is narrow and slender, 

 measuring 16 mm., while in H. reichenoivi it is much wider 

 and twice as long. 



Hab. British East Africa. 



Type in the British Museum : £ . Mombasa. Presented 

 by Col. S. R. Clarke. 



Laniarius quadricolor nigricauda, subsp. n. 

 Laniarius quadricolor Bannerman (nec Cassin), Ibis, 1910, 

 p. 689. 



Adult male. Differs from the male ofL. quadricolor Cassin 

 in having the middle pair of tail-feathers black almost to 

 the base; like the outer pairs, and the scarlet colour on the 

 upper breast, below r the black pectoral band, continued over 

 the abdomen. Wing 79 mm. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with all the tail- 



