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Show 1881.] BIRDS F R O M EASTERN AFRICA. 595 cit. p. 291 ; id. J.f. O, 1879, pp. 287, 303; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 342; Fischer, J. f. O. 1880, p. 190. Lamo; Pangani; Usambara hills; Usambara mountains. A common bird throughout the Zanzibar province. I also possess specimens collected by the Rev. T. Wakefield at Rabbai near Mombas, and by the late Mr. E. C. Buxton at Dar-es-Salaam. It inhabits the whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat. 153. CEUTHMOCHARIS AUSTRALIS, Sharpe. Zanclostomus a?reus, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 525 (part) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1880, p. 192. Ceuthmocharis australis, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 238. Zanclostomus australis, Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 283, 289, 393 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 342. Lama. This species ranges throughout South and East Africa to as far north as Lamo. In West Africa it is replaced by the nearly allied C. a?neus. 154. CENTROPUS SUPERCILIOSUS. Centropus senegalensis, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 527, part. Centropus superciliosus, Hempr. & Ehr., Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 172,175 ; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 359 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 238; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 252 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 290 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 282; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 341 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 192. Pangani. This species ranges in East Africa from about 19° N. lat. to Dar-es- Salaam, and on the west coast has been collected in Angola. 155. TRERON DELALANDII. Treron delalandii (Bp.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 535 ; Nicholson, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 359; Fischer & Reichenow, J.f. O. 1878, p. 250; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 293. Ugogo. The most northern limit as yet known for this species is Mombas, whence it has been recorded by Drs. Fischer and Reichenow, I. c. It ranges southward to Natal and Kaffraria. 156. TRERON WAKEFIELDI. Treron wakefieldi, Sharpe, P.Z.S, 1873, p. 715, pi. 58. fig. 2 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 291 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 339* Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. Lamo; Usambara mountains. This species is as yet only known from the restricted region of the northern portion of the Zanzibar province between Lamo and the Pangani river. The characters given for this species by Mr. Sharpe I c are well marked in the five specimens before me. |