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Show 1870.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF ANGOLA. 149 to the somewhat shorter wing and larger size. The following are the comparative measurements (in inches) of the two species :- Long. tot. al. rostr. 1. L. monteiri. Angola 9*5 4*2 1 *3 2. L. icterus. R.Gambia 10*0 5*0 1*2 3. L. icterus. Casamanze 10*0 4*8 1*2 4. L. icterus. W.Africa 9*5 4*9 1*2 The primaries in L. monteiri seem hardly to have attained their full growth. The specimen is marked a female. VIDUA PRINCIPALIS. Vidua principalis, Linn. ; anted, p. 144. Male. July 18th, 1869. This bird appears to be in full winter plumage, aud agrees very well with a male bird in my collection, which was shot at Otjimbinque, Damara Land, by the late Mr. Andersson, on July 8th, 1866. TOCCUS MELANOLEUCUS. Toccus melanoleucus (Licht.) ; Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. ii. p. 45. Two males. July 4th, 1869. Eye red; beak red ; feet black. IRRISOR ERYTHRORHYNCHUS. Irrisor erythrorhynchus (Lath.) ; Mont. Ibis, 1862, p. 334. Male. April 25th, 1869. Eye black,; bill and feet red. HALCYON SENEGALENSIS. Halcyon senegalensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 568, et Monogr. Alced. pt. 7• Two females. July 10th, 1869. Eye black ; feet black. CERYLE MAXIMA. Ceryle maxima (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pt. 6. Male. July 8th, 1869. Eye black ; bill and feet black. CENTROPUS SUPERCILIOSUS. Centropus superciliosus, Hempr.; anted, p. 145. Five males. April I8th-21st, 1869. fClRCAETUS CINERASCENS. Circaetus cinerascens, Von Miill. Naum. 1851, Heft iv. p. 27, et Descr. Nouv. Ois. d'Afr. pl. 6 (1853). Circaetus zonurus, Pr. Wiirt. MS.; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 8 (1856), et Orn. N. O. Afr. i. p. 86, tab. 3 (1869). Male. January 28th, 1869. Eye red ; feet yellow. It seems to me a manifest injustice to Baron von Miiller, who duly published a description of this bird in 1851, to allow his name to be superseded by the MS. name of the Duke of Wiirtemberg, |
