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Show 624 DR. G. HARTLAUB O N N E W [Nov. 30, who informed me that he shot it on the Upper Limpopo or River, about sixty miles in a south-easterly direction from Shos-hong, on the edge of the southern tropic. He was at once struck by its peculiar appearance, and found it so shy and wary of approach that he was a long time in pursuit before he succeeded in securing it. 6. O n some new Birds discovered and collected by Dr. E m in Bey in Central Africa, between 5° and 2° N . laf., and 31° and 32° E. long. By Dr. G. HARTLAUB. [Received November 18, 1880.] (Plate LX.) 1. TRICIIOLAIS FLAVOTORQUATA, n. sp. Supra dilute olivacea, pileo et capitis lateribus cinereis; subtus alba, pectore excepto citrino-flavo, abdomine canescente; hypochondriis et subcaudalibus cinerascenti lavatis; remigibus rectricibus obsolete fuscis, his, mediis exceptis, limbo apicali albido; tectricibus minoribus dorso concoloribus; subalaribus albido flavidoque variis; rostro plumbeo-fuscescente, pedibus carneis (3)> Long, tota circa 102 mill., rostri a fr. 10, alee 50, caudee 37, tarsi 18. One specimen obtained on January 12 at "Magungo." Iris brick-red. The generic characters of this species agree in every respect with Heuglin's genus Tricholais (Ornith. N.-O. Afr. i. p. 285). T. elegans, the typical species, differs in its yellow abdomen &c. The colour of the upper parts is in both species the same, a light yellowish olive-green. The lemon-yellow pectoral band is not very circumscript. The white of the underparts is purest on the throat. The dark line through the eye, so conspicuous in Heuglin's figure of T. elegans, is entirely wanting in the new species. 2. CISTICOLA HYPOXANTHA, n. sp. Minor, supra in fundo olivaceo-rufescente minus distincte fusco longitudinaliter notata, subtus tota unicolor, pallide flava ; subrufescente; remigibus tertiariis et tectricibus rufescenti marginatis; subalaribus albis; rectricibus fuscis, rufescenti limbatis et ante apicem pallidius rufescentem obscure adum-bratis; rostro pallido, culmine obscuro ; pedibus pallidis (3). Long, tota vix 100 mill., rostri afr. 8, alee 44, caudee 38, tarsi One specimen. " Magungo, December 11." A small typical species which appears to be undescribed. The darker longitudinal markings of the upper parts not very conspicuous ; underparts of a uniform pale straw-yellow. The pale apical spot of the rectrices, as well as the dark portion before it, is more distinct on the underside. Wings short, obtuse, subtruncate. Remiges 3-7 longest and of nearly equal length. Feet rather large. |