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Show 187L] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF CAMEROONS. 613 56. NIGRITA BICOLOR. Nigrita bicolor, Hartl. ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 61. " Cameroons Mountains, January 7th, 1871." The genus Nigrita now contains the following species:- Claris specierum generis Nigritse. a. subtus nigra*;. a', fronte nigra. a", major: tectricibus sujjracaudalibus albicanti-cinereis 1. canicapilla. b". minor: tectricibus supracaudalibus nigris 2. emilice. b'. fronte stramineo-lutescente 3. luteifrons. b. subtus lactescenti-albse. a', uropygio brunneo, dorso concolori 4. fusconota. b'. uropygio dilute cinnamomeo 5. uropygialis. c. subtus chocolatina 6. bicolor. d. subtus umbrino-cinerea 7. arnaudi. Order ACCIPITRES. Fam. FALCONIDAE. 57. ACCIPITER HARTLAUBI. "Cameroons Mountains, January 16th, 1871." Above dark blackish browu with narrow and almost obsolete rufous edgings to the feathers ; quills blackish brown, with the same obsolete rufous edgings ; the under surface of the wing much lighter and inclining to pale rufous, with very distinct black cross bars and tips to the feathers ; tail very dark brown, barred across with blackish brown and pale rufous, the outer feathers quite plain, and all the tail-feathers tipped with pale rufous; throat white; rest of the under surface of the body rust-colour, lighter and more inclining to white down the centre of the body, the flanks very distinctly marked with diamond-shaped spots of blackish brown; legs deep rust-colour, with indistinct black transverse bars; under wing-coverts pale rust-colour, with a few blackish spots on the lower feathers and axillary plumes; bill black, yellowish at the gape and base of lower mandible; legs deep yellow, claws black. Total length 13*7 inches, culmen 0*9, wing 7'5, tail 7*4, tarsus 2*3. Mr. Gurney has very kindly compared my specimen with typical examples in the Norwich Museum ; and we came to the conclusion that the bird described is a young male of this species. Fam. STRIGIDAE. 58. SYRNIUM NUCHALE. Syrnium nuchale, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 487. "Cameroons Mountains, February 20th, 1871." Mr. Gurney identifies this as a young bird of the West African Syrnium lately described by me. I add a detailed description of the specimen now sent. |