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Show 1N67.] DR. G. HARTLAUB ON THE BIRDS OF ZANZIBAR. 825 Cinnyris discolor, Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mos. iii. p. 32. C. bianconii, Hartl. It was my friend Mr. Otto Finsch who directed my attention to the fact of this beautiful species being the old Brissonian bird! No doubt about it. It is difficult to understand how Gray and Bonaparte could have made a Ccereba of it. There is no material difference between Natal and Zanzibar specimens, though a more eastern species, N. gutturalis, has been collected of late by Dr. Welwitsch and others in Loanda (conf. Barb, du Boc. Poss. Portug. p. 7). 10. CISTICOLA SCHOLNICOLA, Bp. Quite the same as the European bird. 11. Ixos NIGRICANS, Vieill. Several adult specimens. 12. ANDROPADUS FLAVESCENS, n. sp. Supra olivaceus, cauda et alis dorso concoloribus; subtus flavescens, gutture et lateribus olivaceo adumbratis; margine atari et subalaribus leete fiavis ; rostro plumbeo; pedibus nigricantibus. Long. 6" 4'", rostr. 6'", ala? 3" 1'", caudae 2" 10'", tars. 9'". Very similar in colour to Andropadus insularis from Madagascar, but considerably smaller. There are now eight species of Andropadus known, viz. Andropadi importunus, latirostris, graciliros-tris, curvirostris, virens, erythropterus, insularis, and flavescens. 13. ANTHUS RAALTENII, Licht. A. campestri simillimus, sed noteei coloribus omnino intensiori-bus ; gutture confertim et conspicue maculato. Long, rostr. 6'", ala? 3" 1'", caudse 1" 10'", tars. 11^"'. 14. DRYOSCOPUS AFFINIS, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. 1837, p. 489; Hartl. West Afr. p. 111. Originally described from a Zanzibar specimen. Not rare in Gaboon collections. 15. DRYOSCOPUS ORIENTALIS, Swains. Two specimens, exactly corresponding with the description given by Swainson (Menag. p. 342), in Heine's collection from South Africa (Mus. Hein. i. p. 68). 16. DRYOSCOPUS SUBLACTEUS, Cass.? Av. jun. Supra obscure fuliginoso-nigricans; tergi et uropygii plumis longis, taxis, mollibus, maculis occultis anteapicalibus rotundatis albis ; uropygii fascia ochroleuca ; alarum tectricibus macula minuta rufescente terminatis,- subtus albidus, pectore, abdomine imo, crisso, subcaudalibus et eruribus pallide PROC. ZOOL. S O C - 1S67, No. LIII. |
