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( 08 inch) of both ■n’cbs pure wliite. Iris brown ; bill black ; 
legs brown. Total length about 10 0 inches^ exposed part of 
culmen 0'45, wing G‘l, tail 4'3, tarsus O' 72. 
Hab. River Kassinij Abyssinia : 18th January, 1899. 
9. Myrmecociciila dubia, sp. n. 
Adult. Allied to M. melanura (Temm,), but larger, and 
with the under tail-coverts brownish-black, edged with sandy 
buff instead of white, and the under wing-coverts dusky 
instead of whitish. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. Total 
length about 6'5 inches, culmen (imperfect) about 0 7, wing 
3T5, tail 2'5, tarsus 0'9. 
Hab. Fontaly, Abyssinia: 17th January, 1899. 
10. FraNCOLINUS TETRAONINUS, Sp. n. 
Adult female. Most nearly allied to F. schuetti, Cab., but 
distinguished by having the dark middles to the feathers of 
the nape, interscapular region, and wdng-covcrts but faintly 
indicated and the chest and breast nearly uniform greyish 
brown. Iris brown ; bill dull orange-red ; legs and feet 
orange-red. Total length 12'5 inches, culmen 1'05, wing 6 5, 
tail 2'65, tarsus l’G5. 
Hab. Meudie, Abyssinia : 18th April, 1899. 
11. FrANCOLINUS llARWOODl, Sp. 11. 
Adult male. Most nearly allied to F. natalensis, Smith, and 
F. icterorhynchus, Heugl. From the former it may be dis- 
tinguished by having the feathers of the occiput and back of 
the neck black, narrowly margined with white, jiroducing a 
strongly squamated appearance; the ehest, upper part of the 
breast, and sides of the body greyish brown, ornamented with 
narrow concentric black and white bands ; the breast, belly, 
and rest of the underparts pale ochraceous, with a few sub- 
concentric black markings. It resembles F. icterorhynchus in 
having the upper parts indistinctly barred with pale greyish 
brown, the inner webs of the primary-quills mottled with 
pale rufous, and the ground-colour of the breast and belly 
pale ochraceous. Iris broMui ; bill, naked skin round eye, and 
