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Show 1878.] BIRDS FROM DARRA-SALAM. 359 Psittacus fuscicapillus, Hartl. t. c. p. 826. Pionias fuscicapillus, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 499. Pyocephalus fuscicapillus, Sharpe, t. c. p. 711. Three specimens. 38. POGONORHYNCHUS MELANOPTERUS. Pogonorhynchus melanopterus (Peters); Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 504 ; Marsh. Monogr. Capit. pl. vii. An adult specimen of this rare Barbet. 39. BARBATULA PUSILLA. Barbatula pusilla (Dum.); Marshall, t. c. p. 117, pl. xlviii. I have carefully compared Mr. Buxton's specimen with two others in the British Museum from Abyssinia (Blanford) ; and I find them quite identical in coloration, the Zanzibar bird being the least bit smaller (wing 2*05 in.). This species is new to the avifauna of Eastern Africa. 40. COCCYSTES JACOBINUS. Coccystes jacobinus (Bodd.); Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1871, p. 597, et 1873, p. 711. One specimen in moult. 41. CENTROPUS SUPERCILIOSUS. Centropus superciliosus (Riipp.) ; Hartl. t. c. p. 826. Several specimens. 42. TRERON DELALANDII. Treron delalandii (Bp.) ; Hartl. t. c. p. 827 : Finsch & Hartlaub, t. c. p. 535. One specimen agreeing with a South-African example of the above-named species, excepting that the size is rather smaller (wing 7*2 inches), and the bill rather long. The markings aud colour of the tail appear to be identical. 43. FRANCOLINUS GRANTI. Francolinus grantii, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 665, pl. 39. fig. 1 ; Finsch & Hartl. t.c. p. 589. Identical with typical specimens of Francolinus rovuma, Gray (Cat. Gallinse Brit. Mus. 1867, p. 52), which is identified with F. granti by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub. 44. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCUS. Actitis hypoleucus (L.); Hartl. t.c. p. 827; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 752. One specimen. |