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Show 826 DR. G. HARTLAUB ON THE BIRDS OF ZANZIBAR. [Nov. 14, rufescentibus; rectrice extima apice rufescente; rostro et pedibus nigricanti-plumbeis, mandibula basi pallida. Long, circa 74/', rostr. 10'", alse 3" 3'", cauda* 2" 11'", tars. 13V". A young bird, probably of the above-named species. Wants further inquiry. There is a Dryoscopus from Gaboon in the Bremen Museum exactly like D. major, but much smaller, my D. picatus. The dimensions are :-Long, tota 8", rostr. 9|'" (11"' maj.), alse 3" 3"' (3" 11'" maj.), caudae 3" (3" 11'" maj.), tars. 14'" (15!"' m aj-)- 17. EUPLECTES FLAMMICEPS, SW. A Zanzibar specimen of this bird, obtained by Boyer, is in the Vienna collection. Monteiro collected this species at Pembe, and Dr. Welwitsch at Golungo, also in the interior of Angola (Barb, du Boc. Poss. Portug. p. 11). 18. MUNIA ORYZIVORA (L.). W e hope that Dr. Kirk will explain under what particular circumstances he collected this common but exclusively Indian bird? 19. SPERMESTES FRINGILLOIDES (Lafr.); Hartl. West Afr. p. 147. A rare and less typical species, not quite without pretensions to generic separation. Senegal and Liberia, on the slave coast, are western habitats of this bird. 20. SPERMESTES CUCULLATA, SW. = S. scutata, Heugl. Extensively distributed over the African continent. No material difference between specimens from the Upper White Nile and those from Angola. 21. HYPHANTORNIS SUBAUREUS, Sm. Three specimens. A nearly allied species (H. royrei, Verr.), a description of which was published by me in Cabanis's ' Journal,' is very probably not distinct from H. aurantius, Vieill. 22. PASSER DIFFUSUS, Sm. Rep. of an Exped. p. 50; Hartl. West. Afr. p. 150. Pyrgita spadicea, Licht. Verz. Vog. Kafferl. p. 15. Zanzibar is a new locality for this bird. On the west coast it has not been observed higher up than Angola. 23. PSITTACUS FUSCICAPILLUS, Verr. Two fine specimens. 24. CHRYSOCOCCYX AURATUS, Gm. 25. CENTROPUS SUPERCILIOSUS, Riipp. Schlegel may be right in taking this bird for a younger state of C. monachus, R. |