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Show 1878.] - BIRDS F R O M DARRA-SALAM. 357 23. BUCHANGA ASSIMILIS. Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 247. Dicrurus divaricatus (Licht.) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 323 ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. Two specimens. 24. TELEPHONUS ERYTHROPTERUS. Telephonus erythropterus (Shaw) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 336 ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. Two specimens. 25. DRYOSCOPUS AFFINTS. Dryoscopus affinis, Gray; Hartl. t. c. p. 824. Laniarius affinis, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 349. L. salimce, iid. t. c. p. 349. Dryoscopus cubla et D. salimce, Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. I forwarded these birds to m y friend Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, who is working at the genus, and am indebted to him for the synonymy as above, and for the following note:-" I am glad to see that Dr. Hartlaub, in his new work on the Birds of Madagascar, unites D. salimce to D. affinis. The two specimens now sent by Mr. Buxton represent these two supposed species-the male being D. affinis, and the female with white lores and grey rump D. salimce. A large series of dated and sexed specimens must be examined before we can understand for certain the plumages of these little Bush-Shrikes. In the present pair the female has a totally black wing, and has grey bases to the scapulars, while the male has a narrow white edging to some of the wing-coverts, and very distinct white bases to the scapulars." 26. BRADYORNIS PALLIDUS. Bradyornis pallidus (Miiller) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 310. B. subalaris, Sharpe, t. c. p. 713, pl. lviii. fig. 1. Two specimens. 27. SIGMODUS GRACULINUS. Sigmodus graculinus (Cab.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 325. Prionops graculinus, Cab. t. c. p. 24, taf. iii. A specimen in changing plumage, but without any white bar on the lower surface of the wing. 28. PHOLIDAUGES VERREAUXI. Pholidauges verreauxi, Bocage in Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 867; Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. P. leucogaster, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 376. An adult male, with the characteristic white edging to the outer tail-feather. It was included in the 'Vogel Ost-Afrika's' as P. leucogaster, from its being met with in Mozambique by Commander Sperling. There can be little doubt, however, that P. verreauxi of South Africa |