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indebted to him for a valuable collection of birds' skins from 

 the Mabira Forest. 



Major H. J. Kelsall, R.A., sent a description of a new 

 species of Laniarius from Sierra Leone, W. Africa, which he 

 proposed to name ; — 



Laniarius helen^ sp. n. 



Adult female. Nearly allied to L. barbarus (L.), which it 

 closely resembles, but differs in having the forehead, crown, 

 and nape rich orange-brown instead of yellow-olive as in 

 that species. Entire back, wings, tail, and a band from the 

 base of the bill through the eyes (including the lores, 

 supercilium, cheeks, and ear-coverts) black, with a slight 

 greenish gloss on the mantle and edges of the upper wing- 

 coverts ; concealed white subterminal spots or bars on the 

 scapulars and feathers of the rump, the sides of the latter 

 having the longer feathers tipped with ochreous-buff. Crown 

 and nape orange-brown shading into bright orange on the 

 forehead and sides of the crown ; chin, throat, breast, flanks, 

 and upper abdomen bright crimson-scarlet slightly tinged 

 with orange on the chin ; lower abdomen, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts dull ochreous-buff. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet slate-grey. 



Total length in the flesh 233 mm.; bill about 30; 

 wing 99 ; tail 105 ; tarsus 33. 



Obs. A single specimen was obtained by me on a small 

 mangrove-covered island just off Bonthe, Sherbro Island. 



I have named this species after my wife. 



L. mufumbiri Ogilvie-Grant is easily distinguished from 

 this species by the colour of the crown which is yellow-olive, 

 by the colonr of the thighs which are black and white, and 

 by having white tips to some of the upper wing-coverts. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. 



Type in the British Museum : $ . No. 733. Bonthe, 

 Sherbro Island, 30. ix. 12. Presented by Major H. J. Kelsall. 



Mr. C. E. Fagan informed the Members of the Club that 

 Mr. G. W. Bury, who had already done a considerable 

 amount of collecting for the Natural History Museum, both 



