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6. CREATOPHORA CAEUNCULATA (Gmel.). 



The generic name Diloplim proposed by Vieillot in 1816 being 

 preoccupied, having been used by Meigen for a genus of Diptera in 

 1804, Mr. Oberholser (Proc. Acad., Philad., 1899, p. 216) has sug- 

 gested Perissornis. Richmond, however (Auk, xix. p. 92) has 

 recently rediscovered the name Creatophora of Lesson assigned to 

 this bird in 1847, and by this name it should be in future known. 



8. AMYDRUS GAFFER (Linn.). 



Reichenow (Vog. Afr. ii. p. 697) distinguishes a subspecies var. 

 intcnsetincta from Port Elizabeth and the eastern province of Cape 

 Colony. It is distinguished by its slightly larger size and by the 

 slightly darker colour of the quills, especially at the base. The 

 specimens in the South African Museum hardly justify this race, 

 though it is adopted by Mr. Sharpe (Ibis, 1904, p. 366) for birds- 

 collected at Deelfontein. 



19. ClNNYRICINCLUS LEUCOGASTER VERREAUXI (BoC.). 



The name of this genus must be changed to Cinnyricinclus 

 (Less. Rev. Zool., 1840, p. 272), which antedates Pholidauges of 

 Cabanis by eleven years. 



19A. STURXUS VULGARIS Linn. 



The English Starling has, during the last few years, completely 

 established itself in Cape Town and the various suburbs extending 

 round the slopes of Table Mountain ; it has also been seen as far as 

 Stellenbosch about twenty-five miles inland. It is said that a few 

 pairs were imported and turned out in the Groote Schur grounds at 

 Rondebosch some years ago (I believe in 1898), together with several 

 other species of English birds, by Mr. Cecil Rhodes. The Starling, 

 however, is the only one which has thoroughly established itself and 

 spread any distance from its original starting-point. 



It nests freely about Cape Town and the suburbs, choosing some- 

 what similar sites to those made use of in England, such as attics, 

 chimneys, watershoots, and other convenient places about dwelling- 

 houses. 



2lA. ORIOLUS AURATUS Vieill. 



This Oriole was met with by Alexander on the banks of the 

 Zambesi, near Zumbo, in December, and should therefore be included 

 in our fauna. It is a West and North-east African bird closely allied 



