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Show 1879.] CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON NEW AFRICAN BIRDS. 679 t33. ARDETTA ATRICAPILLA (Afzel.). Ardea atricapilla, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 701 ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 308. Butoroides atricapilla, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 301. One specimen from Grand Comoro and eight from Anjuan. t34. NUMENIUS PH,EOPUS (Linn.). Numenius phceopus, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 739 ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 322. One specimen, Grand Comoro. t35. TRINGA SUBARQUATA (Giild.). Tringa subarquata, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 761 ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 330. Two specimens, Anjuan. t36. STERNA MEDIA, Horsf. Sterna media, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 830; H. Saunders, P.Z.S. 1876, p. 655. Sterna affinis, Riipp. (nee Horsf.), Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 382. Two specimens, Grand Comoro. 5. Descriptions of two new Species of African Birds. By Captain G. E. SHELLEY. [Eeceived August 19, 1879.] (Plate L.) CHRYSOCOCCYX FLAVIGULARIS, n. sp. (Plate L.) Entire upper parts, as well as the sides of the head and neck, golden green, with a very strong shade of copper or lilac-bronze ; two centre tail-feathers uniform fiery copper, the next pair of feathers dark brown glossed with fiery copper, with white ends and a broad white outer margin to the basal three quarters of the outer webs, the remaining three pairs of outer tail-feathers white, with a broad subterminal bar of blackish bronze ; quills dark brown, glossed with fiery copper, most strongly so on the outer webs; the inner webs of the quills for about three quarters of their length buff, this colour forming partial bars or notches in the brown of the quills ; chin and throat bright yellow, with the sides and a few feathers on the middle of the crop golden green; remainder of the under surface of the body, the thighs, and the under tail-coverts brownish buff, each feather with some four or five wavy narrow bars of bronze; under wing-coverts buff, similarly marked ; bill yellow, shaded with horn-colour towards the base ; legs apparently dark olive, with the soles of the feet yellow. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3*8, tail 2*8, tarsus 0*6. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1879, No. XLIV. 44 |