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Show 1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 583 Nicholson, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 357 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 233; Fischer & Reichenow. torn. cit. p. 261 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p 127. Lamo; Melinda; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains ; Dar-es- Salaam. This and the closely allied P. leucogaster together range over the whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat.,-P. verreauxi being confined to the south of the equator, and P. leucogaster to the north of the line. 98. NoTAUGES SUPERBUS. Notauges superbus (Riipp.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 378 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 233. Ugogo; Dar-es-Salaam. This species is confined to East Africa, where it ranges from Dar-es- Salaam northward to about 10° N. lat. 99. LAMPROCOLIUS SYCOBIUS. Lamprocolius sycobius, Peters, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 380 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 233 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 261 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 286; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 127. Ugogo. This species ranges from the Zambesi northward to about 2° S. lat. The actual northern limit as yet known for this bird is the Ukambani country, where it has been collected by Dr. Hildebrandt. 100. LAMPROCOLIUS MELANOGASTER. Lamprocolius melanogaster (Swains.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 381 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 261 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 286 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 127. Lamprotornis melanogaster, Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 292. Lamo ; Melinda; Pangani. This species ranges from Lamo southward to Durban in Natal, and to the Knysna in Cape Colony. It is, I believe, nowhere to be met with in West Africa; for I consider the locality Senegal, given by Swainson for this species, to be an error. 101. COSMOPSARUS UNICOLOR. Cosmopsarus unicolor, Shelley, Ibis, 1881, p. 116. Ugogo. This is another of the interesting novelties procured by Dr. Kirk, and is the second known species of the genus Cosmopsarus, which appears to be confined to East Africa. 102. AMYDRUS RUEPPELLI. Amydrus rueppelli, Verr., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 382. Ugogo. This species ranges from Kordofan to Ugogo, but has not yet been recorded from the coast of the Zanzibar province. |