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Show 1894.] JOURNAL OF THE LATE PR. EMIN PASHA. 601 "No. 1861. $. " No. 1862. Spermestes cucullatus, Swains. " No. 1863. Nigrita canicapilla, Strickl. " No. 1864; cf. no. 1339 etc. This is a very fine species, of which I got a matched pair, exactly alike in size and colour, on June 30, 1891, at Kitimba, Uvamba, 0° 43' L. N. Unfortunately only one specimen was fit to be preserved, and this is the second I obtained now. Head and neck shining bluish black, mantle earth-brown ; tail cuneate, black; whole underparts creamy white. 120, 9 ; 49, 13 ; 13. Sexes fully alike. " No. 1865. Agapomis (an swindemiana, Kuhl ?), 3 • "No. 1866. Anthreptes, $ : 93 ; 12; 48 ; 17 ; 14; tail underneath olive not black ; perhaps C. chhropygius ? " No. 1867 ; cf. no. 1823. Entirely black. " No. 1868. 3 , not before collected. " No. 1869. Turdus icterorhynchus, Pr. Wiirt. Seems slightly different from specimens collected at Lado and elsewhere. " No. 1870 ; cf. no. 1860. A fine specimen of this Starling, without any rusty red on primaries; tail long. "No. 1871. Pgtelia schlegeli, Sharpe?, 3 moult. " No. 1872. Alseonax (an minima, Heugl. ?), $ ; cf. no. 1851. Dark coloured. This will prove a different species. " No. 1873. Phceus nigerrimus, Vieill., $. I have never yet seen a $ of this species coloured like the cf • " No. 1874. Psalidoprocne nitens, Cass., 3. An apparently young bird. " No. 1875. Asturinula monogrammica, Temm., 5 ad. " No. 1876. Pogonorhynchus; cf. no. 1848. More reddish brown. " No. 1877. Erythropygia ruficauda, Sharpe. "No. 1878. Agapomis (an swindemiana, Kuhl?), 3 . " No. 1879. Trachyphonus purpuratus, Verr., 3 • Exactly like specimens from Njangabo, the only locality where I have collected this species. "No. 1880. Cucidus clamosus, Lath., o* jr. Without gloss; underneath mottled, only under tail-coverts barred. "No. 1881. Artomyias, 3. "No. 1882-86. Agapomis (an swindemiana, Kuhl?). A flock of more than 30 birds surprised at the drinking-place. "No. 1887. Trachyphonus purpuratus, Verr., $. Smaller and duller in colour than 3 . " No. 1888. Pogonorhynchus ; cf. no. 1876. Forehead with light coloured stripes, no feather-shafts. "No. 1889; cf. no. 1870 etc. Primaries without rusty red. " No. 1890. Laniarius, 3- An L. verreauxi, Cab.? "No. 1891. 3. New to me: 132, 9, 84, 43, 17-5. Entirely black, head slightly glossed and scaly ; wing-coverts and primaries with bluish-grey edgings ; irides scarlet. Bill tit-like, strongly compressed from the sides. A single specimen obtained. "No. 1892. Diaphorophyia blissetti, Sharpe. A fine male specimen. |