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Show 310 ON BIRDS F R O M EASTERN AFRICA. [MAR. 7, 30. CUCULUS SOLITARIUS. Cuculus solitarius, Steph. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 582. Cuculus heuglini, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. p. 113. Mamboio. The four specimens sent me by Sir John Kirk I have compared with South-African examples and with one from Lado collected by Dr. Emin Bey and referred to C. heuglini by Dr. Hartlaub I. c, and can find no difference between them. This species ranges throughout Africa south of about 8° N. lat. 31. TURTUR LUGENS. Turtur lugens (Rupp.) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 596. Mamboio. This is its southern limit as yet known. 32. FRANCOLINUS INFUSCATUS. Francolinus infuscatus, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 578. Pternistes infuscatus, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 214. Mamboio. This species is confined to East Africa, and was hitherto only known by the type specimen, which was collected by the Baron von der Decken near Lake Jipe, which lies about 100 miles north-west of Mombas, and by a specimen procured by Herr Hildebrandt also in the Teita country. 33. HOPLOPTERUS SPINOSUS. Hoplopterus spinosus (Linn.) ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 296, 301, 337. Mamboio. This Plover ranges in Africa from Mamboio to the mouth of the Nile, and crosses the continent to Senegal. 34. ANAS ERYTHRORHYNCHA. Anas erythrorhyncha, Gm.; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 808. Mamboio. This species ranges throughout South Africa, extending northward on the east coast to Zanzibar, and is also found in Madagascar. |
