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Show 1878.] DR. G. HARTLAUB O N A N E W NOTAUGES. 721 CLYTANTHUS IGNOBILIS. Cl. 4-punctato (Fabr.) proxime affinis. Nigro-fuscus, tomento cinereo-jlavo vestitus ; elytris utrinque maculis 5 nigris, quam Cl. 4-punctato majoribus, scilicet 1 curvata post scutellum, parva humerali, 1 antico-cliscoidali, 1 mediana majore transversa et 1 huic proxima longitudinali oblonga. Long. 6 lin. Murree. 11. O n a n e w Species of Notauges (N. hildebrandti, Cab.). By Dr. G. HARTLAUB. [Eeceived June 17, 1878.] The Museum of Natural History of Bremen has been enriched of late with a fine adult specimen of a new typical Notauges, discovered by the famous traveller Mr. Hildebrandt, in Eastern Africa. The exact place where he collected this interesting bird is " Tkanga in Ukamba." Mas ad. capite, gutture, dorso, tergo, uropygio, supracaudalibus, tectricibus alarum minoribus margineque alari chalybeis, nitore purpurascente; collo postico late et circumscripte eeneo-vire-scente; alis duabus seriebus macularum holosericeo-nigrarum bifasciatis; tectricibus alarum majoribus viridi-eeneis; remigibus primariis in pogonio externo ceneo-ceerulescentibus, obscure maculatis, interno nigris; tectricibus minoribus in pogonio externo unicoloribus ceneo-virentibus; pectore, abdomine, cruribus et cinnamomeo-rufis ; subalaribus majoribus rufis, minoribus chalybeis ; rectricibus ccerulescenti-eeneis, minus distincte undulatis; rostro et pedibus nigris; iride aurantiaco-rubra. Long. 19 centim., rostr. afr. 18 mill., al. 123 mill., caud. 83mill., tars. 30 mill. The steel-blue colour of the head is less brilliant on the crown ; there appear some rufous feathers on the uropygium ; and some of the upper tail-coverts have a slight rufous terminal edging ; the first primary is of a uniform blackish colour. In Notauges superbus (Abyssinia, Shoa) the colouring is very different: the upper parts are brown-green, the vent and under tail-coverts are white, and there are other differences. Mr, Hildebrandt told me that during his many excursions in East Africa he never met with Notauges albicapillus, Blyth. This is certainly one of the rarest birds, the Calcutta specimen collected by Speke and Burton being as yet the only one known. |