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Show 306 CAl'T. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Mar. 7, 11. PSALIDOPROCNE HOLOMEL-ENA. Psalidoprocne holomelana (Sundev.); Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1870, pp. 288, 320. Mamboio. New to East Africa. The range of this species is very uncertain, as it is found on the Gold Coast and in South Africa from Cape Colony to Natal, but has not previously been recorded from any portion of South Tropical Africa. 12. HAPALODERMA VITTATUM, sp. n. Very similar in size and general colouring to H. narina, but differs as follows: bill smaller and much narrower, scarcely more than half the breadth ; head darker and of a more olive-green ; neck entirely surrounded by a bluish-bronze collar; wing-coverts with narrow distinct white bars not freckled with white as in H. narina ; dark portion of the tail violet-blue, very partially edged with green ; white portion of the tail very distinctly barred with bluish black. Culmen 0*6, wing 5, tail 7, tarsus 0*65. Hab. Mamboio. The only specimen is in extremely bad condition, so much so that I cannot say how far the blue may extend on the throat; but it appears to be only a narrow ring round the neck. The bars on the wing-coverts and the colouring of the tail, especially the barring of the white portion, are sufficient characters to distinguish it at a glance from II. narina and H. constantia. 13. RHINOPOMASTES CABANISI. Irrisor cabanisi, De Fil.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 219. Mamboio. New to East Africa. This species is closely alied to R. minor, but may be readily distinguished by the white patch on the primaries, which is not present in R. minor. It ranges from the Upper White- Nile district to Mamboio. 14. SAXICOLA PLESCHANKA (Lepech.). Saxicola morio, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 372. Mamboio. New to East Africa. It ranges in Africa ; from Egypt to Mamboio, and possibly occurs in Algeria. 15. MoTACILLA LONGICAUDA, Riipp. Ugogo. New to East Africa. This species ranges from Abyssinia, where it was first collected by Dr. Riippell, to Durban in Natal. 16. GRAUCALUS PECTORALIS. Graucalus pectoralis, Jard.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 29. Mamboio. New to East Africa. It inhabits the whole of Africa between 15° N. lat. and 22° S. lat. |
