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Show 1881.] ON BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 561 PARAMELANIA NASSA (Woodward.) In m y previous paper (P. Z. S. 1881, p. 292) I have remarked upon three forms of this species-the typical as described by Woodward, the larger variety sent by Dr. Kirk, and a small few-ribbed one collected by Mr. Thompson. A further investigation of these, based on the specimens kindly sent me by Mr. Damon, makes it somewhat doubtful whether, instead of the one species, they should not be rather regarded as three. At all events they are so readily distinguishable that I propose to give varietal names to them respectively, namely var. grandis (P. Z. S. 1881, pi. xxiv. figs. 26, 26 a) and var. paucicostata (fig. 26 B). The former not only exceeds the typical form in size, but the columella appears to be always slightly sub-truncate at the base. The latter is a shorter shell, with a smaller and more acute spire; and the plicae are considerably fewer than usual. 6. List of Birds recently collected by Dr. Kirk in Eastern Africa. By Captain G. E . S H E L L E Y , F.Z.S. [Received March 23, 1881.] (Plate LII.) Dr. Kirk has kindly forwarded to me no less than seven collections of birds from the little-explored regions of Eastern Africa, from the following localities :- A collection from Lamo, in 2° S. lat. A collection from Melinda, in 3° S. lat. Three collections from the Usambara country, from the valley of the Pangani river, labelled respectively "Pangani," "Usambara hills," " Usambara mountains." A collection from Ugogo, about 200 miles due west from Zanzibar. A collection from Dar-es-Salaam. In the following paper, which gives an account of these collections, I shall follow the classification employed by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub in their standard work ' Die Yogel Ostafrikas.' I have added a few notes to indicate the geographical distribution of each species in the Ethiopian region. 1. GYPOHIERAX ANGOLENSIS. Gypohierax angolensis (Gm.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 77 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 312. Usambara hills. Hitherto this species has only been recorded as East-African from the island of Pemba, in the same latitude. It also ranges throughout the entire West-African region, from Senegal to Angola. 2. SPIZAETUS BELLICOSTJS. Spizaetus bellicosus (Daud.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 47; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 265. Usambara mountains. |