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Show 582 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY O N [May 3, With no white on the quills, S. graculinus, Cab. Dar-es-Salaam. Length 8*8 inches, culmen 0*8, wing 4*6, tail 3*8, tarsus 0*9. With white on the quills, S. tricolor, Gray. Length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. in. in. in. in. in. Zambesi 8*4 0*8 4*85 3*75 0*9 Dar-es-Salaam. 8*0 0*85 4-7 3*7 0*85 Usambara hills 8*5 0*8 4*8 3*85 0*95 Usambara mountains 8*35 0*85 4'7 3*75 0*95 Usambara mountains. 8*3 0*9 4*85 3*8 0*95 93. SIGMODUS SCOPIFRONS. (Plate LI. fig. 1.) Sigmodus scopifrons, Peters, J. f. O. 1854, p. 422; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 324. Prionops scopifrons, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 368. Lamo ; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. These are new localities for this rare species, which was formerly only known from the Mosambique. 94. EUROCEPHALUS ANGUITIMENS. Eurocephalus anguitimens, Smith, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 279; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 347. Ugogo. This species ranges throughout South Africa, and extends northward in East Africa to Kibaradja, where it has been collected by Dr. Fischer. 95. PcSOPTERUS LUGUBRIS. Pceopterus luguBris, Bp., Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 803, pi. 49. Usambara mountains. New to East Africa. This species was hitherto only known as a native of West Africa, where it ranges from the Gold Coast to the Gaboon. 96. CORVUS SCAPULATUS. Corvus scapulatus, Daud., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 374 Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 176, 425; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 234 Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 261 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 287 id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 292, 303. Dar-es-Salaam. This Crow ranges throughout the Ethiopian Region south of about 20° N. lat. 97. PHOLIDAUGES VERREAUXI. Pholidauges leucogaster, Finse art). Pholidauges verreauxi, Bocage, Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 714 ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr D. 376 (part). |