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Show 1867.] DR. G. HARTLAUB ON THE BIRDS OF ZANZIBAR. 827 26. TRERON DELALANDII, Bp. 27- PERISTERA AFRA (L.). 28. TURTUR ALBIVENTRIS, Gray, = T. semitorquatus, Swains.; Hartl. West Afr. p. 196. 29. TURTUR ERYTHROPHRYS, Swains. = T. semitorquatus,~Ruy>p.; Hartl. West Afr. p. 195. 30. FRANCOLINUS KIRKII, n. sp. Mas ad. (calcar.). Diversus a F. pileato, cui valde affinis, statura minore; rectricibus lateralibus nigris; uropygii plumis tectricibusque caudee superioribus pallide flavescentibus, maculis anteapicalibus subtriquetris nigris; plumis lateralibus pectoris et epigastrii ochraceis, stria intermedia nigra, albido marginata; remigibus saturate fuscis, scapis intense fuscis ; subcaudalibus latius transversim variis. Long, rostr. 9'", alse 5", tars. 14^'", dig. med. c. ung. 16'". One specimen. I know few things more annoying and disagreeable than to describe and characterize a new bird from a poor and incomplete skin. This is exactly what I am doing now. Superficially seen from above, this Francolin is no other than a small F. pileatus. By a more accurate inspection it is not difficult to discover several important discrepancies. The arrow-shaped black spots of the upper tail-coverts would alone suffice to characterize this bird as distinct from F. pileatus. But the whole under parts, which are very defective and mutilated in our specimen, appear to be differently coloured, &c. Besides it is altogether a smaller bird. 31. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA (L.). 32. CHARADRIUS HIATICULA, L. 33. CHARADRIUS GEOFFROYI, Wagl.; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, livr. 7. p. 39. The coasts of the Red Sea have been hitherto the only known African localities for this rather Indo-Australian species. 34. NUMENIUS PH^EOPUS, L. 35. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCA (L.l. 36. LIMNOCORAX FLAVIROSTRIS, SW. 37. ARDEA PUSILLA, Vieill. (A. minuta australis, Schleg.). 38. ARDEA GULARIS, Bosk. 39. ARDEA ATRICAPILLA, Afzel. 40. ARDEA COMATA, Pall. 41. ANAS ERYTHRORHYNCHA, Gm. |