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Correspondence. 
^Teenisli-bhie t;ioss on tlie plumaq'e." From this it would seem 
to tal<e a place midway between tliis author's two groups 
H V f'oclicra icHsoiii. Hartert. 1901. H.L. v. 438. 
l\AX!n:. W. Africa (Borgu, River Niger). 
A local race of the ])receding, which is included in that by 
1) )th Shellev a.nd Keichenow. 
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Bl.ACK C( )MBASOU. 
H\'hocltrra iiii^cniiiia . ILL. v. 438. 
Synonomy. 
I 
Purple Widow-finch. 
II 
H \ pocJiacro nigcrr'vna . Sharpe. 1871. and Cat. 311. 
H\pochcra fuiicrca iiigcrrinia (Stark. 1900). 
H\ hoclicra pitrpiirascois. Reich. 1896. 
Rr:FERENCES. Sh. iv. 11. B.S.A. i. 154. 
Range. S. W. & E. Africa. (Angola and lower Congo 
to the Zambesi, N. to I^indi). 
The Black Combasou only differs from H. fmicrca in 
Inving a duller gloss on the black plumage of the male. 
With this we reach the end of the 40 odd species and sub- 
species in the British Museum I land-List, and nothing is left to 
do but to add the word 
FINIS. 
^^-♦-O— 
Correspondence. 
MF.MT'.KRS' SAT.ES AND EXCHANGES AND THE PERPETUATION 
OF SPECIES IN OUR AVIARIES. 
SiK. — T consider Lord Tavistock's scheme in our last issue an excellent 
one. It will lie a great l)ooii to many to get odd birds or pairs from an 
[■".ngli>li .-iviary. 
If ilie Register is started please \m{ me down as a breeder of : Rosella 
and Staidey Parrakeels: Coiinres ; llroiize-wing, and Brush-Pironze-wing, 
Necklace, and Daimond Doves. 
W. SHORE BAILY. 
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