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Show 1878.] MR. F. NICHOLSON ON BIRDS FROM ABEOKUTA. 131 ternis dorso concoloribus: caudd olivascenti-flavd, rectricibus ex-terioribus intus fuscis ; pileo summo colloque postico cinereis ; fronte angusta, loris et facie laterali albis; lined angustd pone-auriculari nigrd; guld totd nigrd ; jugulo et pectore summo cinereis; abdomine, subcaudalibus tibiisque cinerascen-tibus; corpore laterali Iceth flavo; subalaribus fulvis, flavo lavatis; margine atari flavo; remigibus infra brunneis, intks albicanti marginatis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brunneis. Long. tot. 4*3, culm. 0*4, alee 2*35, caudce 1*95, tarsi 0*65. The accompanying figure will give a good idea of this beautiful little Finch, which is not allied to any other African species, and appears to be quite new to science. 30. CYPSELUS PARVUS (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 2. no. 13. One specimen. 31. MEROPS SUPERCILIOSUS (L.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 3. no. 21. One specimen. 32. ISPIDINA PICTA (Bodd.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 7. no. 53. Five specimens. 33. HALCYON SENEGALENSIS (L.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 8- no. 66. One specimen. 34. CHRYSOCOCCYX KLAASI (V.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 13. no. 112. Ten specimens, in all states of plumage. 35. BARBATULA SUBSULPHUREA (Fras.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 16. no. 139. Three specimens. 36. DENDROPICUS GOERTJS (Miill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 18, no. 165. One specimen. 37. PERISTERA TYMPANISTRIA (Temm.); Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 197. One specimen. 38. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCUS (L.) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 235. One specimen. 9* |