. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Mr. G. R. Gray on a few West-African Birds. 443 of an elongated spoon, as shown in the adjoining diagrammatic woodcut, the serrature being present along the entire margin. except at the broader extremity, where it takes the form of the digitations which, on a side view, constitute the most elevated portion; and anteriorly, where it is interrupted by the four large hollow teeth in the neighbourhood of the symphysis; the intermediate mass, seen in profile in the original figure,
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Mr. G. R. Gray on a few West-African Birds. 443 of an elongated spoon, as shown in the adjoining diagrammatic woodcut, the serrature being present along the entire margin. except at the broader extremity, where it takes the form of the digitations which, on a side view, constitute the most elevated portion; and anteriorly, where it is interrupted by the four large hollow teeth in the neighbourhood of the symphysis; the intermediate mass, seen in profile in the original figure, being a a triangular and somewhat irregular flattened ridge. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, G. C. Wallich. L.—Descriptions of a few West-African Birds. By G. R. Gray. To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. Gentlemen, The following descriptions of a few birds, which appear new to the fauna of West Africa, may interest some of your readers. They were collected on the Cameroons Mountains, at an eleva- tion of 7000 feet above the level of the sea. They were brought to this country by Mrs. Isabel Burton, the estimable lady of the distinguished traveller and Vice-Consul, Capt. Burton, and kindly presented by her to the British Museum. Pratincola salax. Pratincola salax, Verr., Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 307. Cossypha Isabella. Head black, with a shining white mark between the nostril and the middle above the eye; back olivaceous-black; wings black, each feather margined with olivaceous; beneath the body rufous-buff, deeper on the breast; rump and outer tail-feathers deep rufous, with the tips of the second, third, and fourth fea- thers, and tip and outer margin of the first feather, black; the four middle feathers black, with the outer margin of the fifth near the base deep rufous. Total length, 6"; wings, 2" 11'"; tarsi, 13"'; bill from gape 9'". This bird is named in compliment to Mrs. Isabel Please note that thes
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