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Show 602 JOURNAL OF THE LATE PR. EMIN PASHA. [Nov. 6, " No. 1893. Phceus nigricollis, Vieill., $ . " No. 1894, 95. 2 a c U o* jr. A very striking, probably new species, found on the ground under low brushwood, where it behaved itself like the Erythropygia. "No. 1896. Alseonax; cf. no. 1872 etc., $. " No. 1897 ; cf. no. 1889 etc., $ . Exactly alike to no. 1853 ; inner web of primaries rusty red with black tips. I have very carefully dissected this specimen and found it a $ . It seems, therefore, that the 3, besides being black, show no rusty red, whereas the $ are grey and show rusty red. " No. 1898. Accipiter 3. Never before collected ; seems not fully adult, as the colour of iris and the rusty tips of some secondaries show. Measurements : 332 m m . (9"-28) ; 16 (0"-04); 138 (5"-52); 99 (3"-8); 35 (1"'4). I do not know if this is a younger bird of A. hartlaubi, Verr., of which I have no description. " No. 1899. Eremomela badiceps, Fras., § . This is only the second specimen of this pretty species I ever collected. The first v\as obtained on June 29,1891, at Kitimba, Uvamba (0° 43' L.N.), in the forest bordering the western hills of the Semliki valley. It seems, therefore, with many western birds, to find its eastern limit with 30° L. E. " No. 1900 ; cf. nos. 1894, 95. A happy encounter, being the 3 to the above noted § ad. and 3 jr. A probably new species. It is to be distinguished from the 2 on^y hy its colours being somewliat darker and the bill being entirely black. " No. 1901. Agapomis (an swindemiana ?), o". "No. 1902. Terpsiphone (an cristata, G m . ?), 3 • Seems somewhat different from the dark-bellied species, and has certainly no white vent nor thighs. " O n August 1 we left Ipoto for Hrumbi; another Manyuema settlement in the forest. On our way to the Ituri, which has to be crossed, we observed numerous Criniger, Corgthceola, Cuculus, Halcyon senegalensis, several Malimbus. The banks of the Ituri being thickly clothed with high forest, there were, besides a few Glareola on the rocks in mid-stream, no water-birds visible. Abundant are here everywhere different species of Hornbills, from the small Lophoceros camurus to the big Ceratoggmna atrata. I may here observe that during our stay at Ipoto no Raven nor Crow was seen, and of Columbidce only Treron calva and Tympanistria tympanistria were seen. Once I have seen a big Columba (Turtur-cenas ?), entirely stone-grey, somewhat scaly, belly and vent pure white, broad circles around eyes bright red : quid ? " O n August 9th, by the carelessness of our Manyuema headman, the whole batch of collections was thrown in the river Lenda, which had to be crossed by boat. Pity ! On the banks of Lenda river-primaeval forest-numbers of a small entirely black Swallow with white markings on tail or rump. All specimens shot were swept away by the current. " No. 1903. Terpsiphone nigriceps, Hartl., 3 • Never before collected. |