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Show 436 PROF. BARBOZA DU BOCAGE ON NEW AFRICAN BIRDS. [June 24, very doubtful supposition), it would be called Pohoera by the and would never be seen inland. From what exact locality of New Zealand the two specimens sent bv Dr. J. Haast came we cannot say ; but the circumstance of this gentleman living at Christchurch makes it probable that they were killed on the Southern Island. P.S. Scolopax sumatrana, Raffl. (Linn. Trans, xiii.), "a small species with the long bill curved upwards, grey above, white beneath, quill-feathers blackish," a bird which Mr. G. R. Gray seems inclined to consider not different from Anarhynchus, has nothing to do with bur New Zealand bird, but is certainly Terekia cinerea. 2. Oiseaux nouveaux de FAfrique occidentale. Par J. V. BARBOZA DU BOCAGE. (Plate XXIX.) 1. COSSYPHA SUBRUFESCENS. Supra olivaceocinerea, uropygio et supracaudalibus ferrugineis subtus flavo-ferruginea, abdomine medio pallidiore ; capite ye-nisque nigris; sujjerciliis protractis, albis; tectricibus indutis, olivaceo limbatis; remigibus fuscis, pogonio externo cinerascente ; subalaribus ferrugineis; rectricibus mediis nigricantibus, reliquis ferrugineis, extimee pogonio externo versus basim nigricante; pedibus fuscis; iride brunnea. Jun. Tectricibus alee macula apicali rufescente notatis. Long. 0*210 metr., rostri a rictu 0024, alse 0*102, caudae 0*094, tarsi 0*032. Deux individus de Caconda, un nude adulte et un jeune. Ils se rapprochent de Bessonornis semirufa, Riipp. (Syst. Uebers. Vog. Nord-Ost-Afr. p. 44, pl. 21), mais leur taille est plus forte, et la teinte du dos et des ailes assez distincte. 2. CRATEROPUS AFFINIS. C. plebejo, Riipp., similis, sed major. Supra brunneo-cinerascens, subtus et in uropyyio pallidior; plumis capitis, colli, gutturis pectorisque medio obscurioribus et macula apicali alba notatis; remigibus primariis totis brunneis: rectricibus cinereo-brunneis fusco transversim fasciolatis; rostro nigro; pedibus fuscis; iride rubra. Long. 0*235 metr., rostri a rictu 0*024, alae 0*105, caudae 0107, tarsi 0030. An Crat. plebejus, Hartl. (Syst. der Orn. W.-Afr. p. 79) ? Un seul individu male de Leullengues, dans l'interieur de Mossa-medes. 3. BUCCANODON ANCHIETAE. (Plate XXIX.) Brunneo-rufescens, collo pectoreque nitide nigris; pileo, |
