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the wing coverts and of the \vhite inner secondaries, and by the 

 presence of white tips to the outer tail feathers. It is figured 

 on plate vii. fig. 1 of the Ibis for 1892. 



354A. TERPSIPHONE PLUMBEICEPS Beichw. 



Keichenow (Vog. Afr. ii. p. 510) maintains that the Paradise 

 Flycatcher of Ovampoland, Angola, the Zambesi Valley, and Nyasa- 

 land is distinct from the typical South African form. An examination 

 of a pair in the South African Museum from Ochimbora in Ovampo- 

 land obtained by Mr. Eriksson confirms this. The chin and throat 

 are slaty grey like the rest of the under-parts, and are without 

 metallic gloss ; while the gloss on the crown, though present, is 

 much weaker and less widely spread. The female of this species 

 can also be distinguished from that of T. perspicillata by its much 

 paler and less metallic crown. 



381. PITTA LONGIPENNIS Beichw. 



Beichenow (Vog. Afr. ii. p. 390) points out that the Pitta from the 

 Zambesi obtained by Alexander is identical with a species (P. loncji- 

 pennis) described by him from Langenburg in German Nyasaland, 

 and differs from the true P. angolensis, which is confined to West 

 Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola. Sharpe (Ibis, 1903, p. 93, 

 pi. iv.) also points out the differences between the three African 

 species, and gives a figure of our present one from specimens 

 obtained by Mr. J. ffolliott Darling near Salisbury. 



423. COLIUS STRIATUS Gmel. 

 423A. COLIUS STRIATUS MINOR Cab. 



Beichenow (Vog. Afr. ii. p. 203) distinguishes as a subspecies the 

 Speckled Mousebird of South-east Africa from Nyasaland to Natal 

 under the above name minor of Cabanis. 



The subspecies is of smaller size (wing about 3'5 against 3 - 75) 

 and has a darker, almost black, chin and throat. An example in 

 the South African Museum from Pinetown in Natal confirms these 

 characters, though they do not seem of any fundamental importance. 



424. COLIUS CAPENSIS Gmel. 



424A. COLIUS CAPENSIS DAMARENSIS Beichw. 



Beichenow (Vog. Afr. ii. p. 208) also distinguishes as a subspecies 

 the Damaraland form of the White-backed Mousebird, by its very 

 much paler colouration. 



