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Show 714 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MOMBAS. [Nov. 4, primaries fawn-colour; bill and feet blackish. Total length 6*3 inches, culmen 0*58, wing 3*25, tail 2*8, tarsus 0*85. One specimen of a Bradyornis, which I am unable to refer to any known species. It is allied to B. pallidus, Mull., but is smaller, darker, and above all distinguished by its dark fawn-coloured under wing-coverts. 26. DICRURUS DIVARICATUS, Licht.; Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 323. Two specimens. Von der Decken also procured the species at Mombas. 27. TELEPHONUS ERYTHROPTERUS (Shaw); Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 336. Two specimens. Already known from the locality. 28. DRYOSCOPUS CUBLA (Shaw). Laniarius cubla, Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 345. This species has been recorded from Mosambique and Zanzibar. Mr. Wakefield sends one specimen from Mombas. 29. DRYOSCOPUS SALIMA (Hartl. & Finsch). Laniarius salima?, Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 349, tab. v. ng. 3. One specimen. 30. PRIONOPS GRACULINUS, Cab.; Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 368. One specimen of this Shrike, first discovered by Von der Decken in the same locality. 31. ORIOLUS GALBULA, L.; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 215. The occurrence of this species at Mombas indicates the route by which the Golden Oriole arrives in South Africa. It is new to the avifauna of Eastern Africa. 32. ORIOLUS LARVATUS, Licht.; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 223. One young specimen, apparently of the large form. 33. COLIUS LEUCOTIS, Riipp. ; Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 472. One specimen of the White-eared Coly, which seems to range along the east coast of Africa as far as Zanzibar. 34. PHOLIDAUGES VERREAUXI, Bocage, in Finsch u. Hartl. V6g. Ostafr. Nachtr. p. 867. The occurrence of this species so far north is of the highest interest. The bird noticed by Captain Sperling at Mosambique |