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Show 1882.] FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 307 17. SlGMODUS TRICOLOR. Sigmodus tricolor (Gray); Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 581. Mamboio. Five specimens, three with white on the wing, and two without. 18. SIGMODUS SCOPIFRONS. Sigmodus scopifrons, Peters, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 582. Mamboio. 19. EURYCEPHALUS RUEPPELLI, Bp. Eurgcephalus anguitimens, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 225 (?) : Fischer & Reichenow J. f. O. 1879, p.34 7(?) ; Shelley P. Z.S. 1881, p. 582. Mamboio, Ugogo. I suspect that Drs. Cabanis, Fischer, and Reichenow fell into the same error as I did 1. c, and overlooked the white rump which separates this species from the South-African E. anguitimens. At any rate my reference /. c. should be cancelled. This species ranges from Shoa, about 9° N. lat., where it was collected by Dr. Riippell, to Mamboio and Ugogo, about 7° S. lat. 20. DlLOPHUS CARUNCULATUS (Gm.). Mamboio. New to East Africa. This species ranges from Abyssinia throughout East and South Africa. 21. AMYDRUS MORIO (Linn.). Amydrus rueppelli, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 583. Mamboio. I have come to the conclusion that A. rueppelli, Verr., is not specifically distinct from A. morio : in colouring I can detect no difference; but one of M. Verreaux's specimens in my own collection is slightly larger than sixteen specimens from East and South Africa, the Natal ones being generally the smallest and the East-African ones intermediate ; but this slight variation in size does not in my opinion constitute a specific character. In Natal specimens three of those compared belong to what I consider a variety, differing from the others in having the greater portion of the primary-coverts rufous, and in the rufous of the quills extending onto the outer secondaries. This species ranges from Abyssinia, throughout East Africa to Natal, and thence to the Cape of Good Hope. 22. TEXTOR DINEMELLI. Textor dinemelli, Horsf.; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 386 Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 233 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. pp. 299, 351. Mamboio. This species ranges f om Shoa, in about 10° N. lat., to Mamboio, in about 7° S. lat. |
