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Show 1889.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 359 19. HAPALODERMA VITTATUM. Hapaloderma vittatum, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 306. Forest on Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft. Also seen in Kahe forest. 20. CYPSELUS MELBA. Cypselus melba (Linn.), Dresser, B. Eur. iv. p. 603, pi. 269. 2 . Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., August 4. 21. CYPSELUS HORUS. Cypselus horus, Hartl. & Finsch ; Salvadori, Ibis, 1881, p. 511. Cypselus sharpii, Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 228, pi. 6. fig. 1 (1876) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 688. §. Useri river, July 18. On comparing this specimen with C. caffer and C. affinis, I find it to differ strongly in having the throat whiter and the tail intermediate in length. 22. PSALIDOPROCNE PETITI. Psalidoprocne petiti, Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 38, pi. 2. 3 . Taveta, August 15. I have compared this specimen with seven others from Landana and it agrees perfectly. P. antinorii is probably identical, as the colour of the under wing-coverts varies. 23. CAMPOPHAGA NIGRA. Gampophaga nigra, Vieill.; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 578 ; Bdhm, J. f. O. 1883, p. 181; Schal. t. c. p. 354; Fisch. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 356 ; id. J. f. O. 1884, p. 128 ; Bdhm, J. f. O. 1885, p. 44. 3 2' Taveta, August 18. o*. Teita, August 25. 24. PACHYPRORA MIXTA, n. sp. (Plate XL.) Adult male. Very similar to P. molilor, from which it differs in having scarcely a trace of white on the sides of the forehead; one or two of the feathers above the ear-coverts are mottled with whitish ; the white nuchal spot very slightly marked; posterior half of the scapulars uniform grey like the crown and back ; lower back and upper tail-coverts also uniform grey, with no black and white mottling; the wing, which is very similarly marked to that of P. molitor, has the white portion more contracted ; tail black, with triangular white tips to all the feathers; the external web of the outer feather is black, only edged with white, while in P. molitor the white crosses the web. Beneath, throat, lower breast, and under tail-coverts white, with a broad pectoral band and tbe thighs black as in P. molitor ; under surface of the wings whiter than in P. molitor, the under wing-coverts being white with the exception of the outer half of the smaller and median series, which are black. Bill black, legs slightly 24* |