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Vol. xli.] 34 Tiipe. Ill the Tring Museum.

ad. Mt. Bnguezan, 25.V.1020. No. 632. Angus Buchanan Colh Captain H. Lynes exhihited two more new subspecies of birds found by him in Darfur Province, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan : Micropus SBquatorialis furensis, subsp. nov.

" Darfur Equatorial Swift."

Intermediate between typical M. crquatoriaUs and M. a\ lowei Bannerman. Above smoky-brown like the former ; below resembling the latter in the large clearly defined white throat-patch and in the barred white lower breast and belly, but the whole colour paler (like upperside) and the barred o//7 feathering extending also to the flanks and sides of the body.

Wing 208 mm., tail 85 mm., tarsus 15 mm., bill 10 mm.

Ti/jye. In the British Museum.

ad. El Fasher, Darfur, 17.iii.20. TJollected by Captain Lynes. Four specimens collected at El Fasher : 3 adult males : wings 206-208 mm., tails 85 mm.

1 adult male : wing 200 mm., tail 85 mm.

Ohs. Although all specimens were collected at El Fasher (alt. 2600 feet), the birds only came there (probably from the mountains) for half-an-hour each mid-day to drink at the pools.

Fringillaria striolata jebelmarrae, subsp. nov.

" Jebel Marra Rock-Bunting.' Of siuiilar colour-pattern to F. striolata, but altogether larger and a more richly coloured bird, even than F. satiiratior.

Whole head, neck, throat, and crop French-gre}', streaked with })lack, heavily above, but so much less so below as to leave the French-grey colour quite predominant. The white superciliary and moustachial streaks are much less distinct than in F. striolata.

Breast, belly, and flanks rich red-brown (Mikado-brown, Ridyway). Wings, tail, and remainder of plumage of similar

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