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Show 576 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [May 3, B. iii. p. 191; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 234; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 126. Lamo ; Usambara mountains ; Ugogo. It ranges throughout Africa, but is everywhere migratory, only occurring in Tropical and Southern Africa during the winter months. 66. ORIOLUS NOTATUS. Oriolus notatus, Peters, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 291 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 196; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 234 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 261 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 287; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 349; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 126. Lamo ; Melinda ; Usambara mountains ; Ugogo. In nine East- and South-African specimens before me the black on the tail differs in extent in each ; and it appears to me that there are no constant characters by which O. auratus, Vieill., and O. notatus, Peters, can be specifically separated. 67. ORIOLUS BRACHYRRHYNCHUS. Oriolus larvatus, Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 714; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 356. Oriolus Brachyrrhynchus, Swains., Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 218. Oriolus rolleti, Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 262 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 282, 300; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 349. Lamo; Melinda; Usambara mountains; Dar-es-Salaam. It ranges in Eastern Africa from Lamo to Dar-es-Salaam, and on the west coast from Sierra Leone to the Gaboon. I have one of Dr. Fischer's specimens from Mombas, labelled O. rolleti, which belongs to this species, not to the larger South-African form O. larvatus. The O. larvatus of both Sharpe and Nicholson (11. cc.) undoubtedly belongs to this species. 68. ANDROPADUS FLAVESCENS. Andropadus flavescens, Hartl., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr p. 295, pi. 3. fig. 1; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 712; Fischer, J. f. 0. 1877, pp. 180, 425; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 261 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 278; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 287, 303; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 348 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1880, pp. 188, 192. Lamo ; Melinda ; Pangani. It ranges from Lamo to Zanzibar. 69. PYCNONOTUS LAYARDI. Pycnonotus nigricans, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 297, part. • Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 712; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 175 ; Cab'. J. f. O. 1878, p. 227; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 260; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 278; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 287, 303; 188o! pp. 188, 192. Pycnonotus layardi, Gurney, Ibis, 1879, p. 390. Pangani; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains; Dar-es-Salaam. |