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Show 358 MR, F. NICHOLSON O N [Mar. 19, goes up the east coast, and extends at least as far as Angola west coast. 29. ESTRELDA CYANOGASTRA. Estrelda cyanogastra (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 65. no. 616. A single specimen in Messrs. Moir's collection. 30. HYPHANTORNIS NIGRICEPS. Hyphantornis nigriceps, Layard ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 392 Sharpe, t. c. p. 715. One specimen of this Weaver-bird was included in the collection sent by Messrs. Moir. 31. PYTELIA MELBA. Pytelia melba (L.) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 441. A female specimen, and of course difficult to determine correctly from this sex only ; but it appears to agree with examples from South Africa in the British Museum. Dis. Finsch and Hartlaub, moreover, record it from South Mozambique, where Dr. Peters obtained it. 32. EUPLECTES NIGRIVENTRIS. Euplectes nigriventris (Cass.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 715. Pyromelana nigriventris, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 415. An adult male specimen. 33. EUPLECTES CAPENSIS. Euplectes capensis (L.). Pyromelana capensis, Finsch & Hartlaub, t. c. p. 416. An adult male specimen. 34. PASSER DIFFUSUS. Passer diffiusus, Smith ; Hartl. t. c. p. 826. P. swainsoni, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 451. Two specimens. 35. COLIUS LEUCOTIS. Colius leucotis, (Riipp.) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 472; Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. One specimen. 36. TOCKUS MELANOLEUCUS. Tockus melanoleucus (Licht.); Sharpe, ed. Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 127. Buceros melanoleucus, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 485. Two specimens. 37. PYOCEPHALUS FUSCICAPILLUS. Poeocephalus fuscicapillus (Verr.). |