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Show 584 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [May 3, 103. AMYDRUS WALLERI. Amydrus walleri, Shelley, Ibis, 1880, p. 335, pi. 8. Usambara mountains. The only specimens known are the types-a male and two females. This species is about one third smaller than the South-African A. morio; the bill is proportionally shorter and stouter ; and the head, neck, and wings are greener. The sexes differ in a very similar manner to those of A. morio. 104. HYPHANTORNIS NIGRIFRONS. Hyphantornis velatus, Cab., pt., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 390, note. 1 Hyphantornis cabanisi, Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 263 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 285. Lamo; Usambara mountains. 105. HYPHANTORNIS NIGRICEPS. Hyphantornis nigriceps, Layard, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 392; Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 715; Nicholson, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 358 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 23.1 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 262 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 281, 302; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1880, p. 143; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 127. Lamo; Melinda; Usambara hills; Usambara mountains; Dar-es- Salaam. This species ranges from Lamo to Mosambique in East Africa, and, according to Mr. Layard, has been collected at Kuruman in South Africa. 106. HYPHANTORNIS AUREOFLAVUS. Hyphantornis aureoflavus (Smith), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 400; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, p. 178; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 262 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 284 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 286, 302; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1880, p. 142 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 188. Pangani. I am unable to define satisfactorily the range of this species. Its southern limit appears to be Mosambique. On the Zanzibar coast it is plentiful. In the Leiden Museum there is a specimen labelled " Nubia," on the authority of Riippell ; and Sir A. Smith's type came from Sierra Leone (111. Zool. S. Afr., note to pi. 30). 107. SYCOBROTUS KERSTENI. Sycobrotus kersteni, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 404, pi. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 715 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878^ p. 281 ; Fischer, torn. cit. pp. 285, 291 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 281^ 288, 302; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 350 ; id. J. f.O. 1880* p. 143. Lamo; Usambara mountains. This species is fairly plentiful throughout the Zanzibar province and, according to M . Jules Verreaux, occurs in Senegal. |