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51. Cercotrichas cortph^ps, (Vieillot). 



Sylvia coryphaeus, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. xi. p. 177, (1817). 

 Drymoica coryphaea, G. R. Gray, Gen. Birds, i. p. 163. 

 Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. pi. 120. 



From the Cape of Good Hope. 



This seems to be a little known species, though from the fact that there are 

 several specimens in the present collection and also in the Museum of the 

 Academy, we would infer that it is of frequent occurrence in Southern Africa. 

 The only name that we find for this bird is that of the great French ornitholo- 

 gist, Vieillot, given above, and after careful examination we find no genus 

 more appropriate than Cercotrichas, Boie, as given by Dr. Hartlaub in his very 

 valuable volume on the Birds of Western Africa, p. 69. It is a long- tailed 

 form of Luseinince, as restricted by Mr. G. R. Gray, to which belong such ge- 

 nera as Cercotrichas, Sphenura and Thamnolaca, and represented in the 

 Thrushes by Copsi/chus and its allies. 



This bird is fairly represented in Le Vaillant's plate above cited. "Con- 

 stantia, Cape of Good Hope, October, 1853. Collected by Lieut. Van Wyck." 

 (Mr. Stimpson). 



52. Drymoica maculosa, (Boddaert). 



"Simon's town, Cape of Good Hope, September, 1853. Collected by Mr. 

 Francis E. Storer." (Mr. Stimpson). 



53. Drymoica sdbruficapilla, Smith. 



Drymoica subruficapilla, Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. Birds, (1849). 

 " Malurus phragmitoides," label in Acad. Mus. Phila. 

 Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. Birds, pi. 76, fig. 2. 

 From the Cape of Good Hope. This species is represented in the plate above 

 cited with but moderate success, and for its identification in the present col- 

 lection we rely on specimens in the Academy Museum labelled by that verv 

 excellent ornithologist Mr. Jules P. Verreaux, of Paris. The name Malurus 

 phraymitoides is attached to specimens formerly in the Rivoli collection, and 

 which we have not succeeded in finding in any publication to which we have 

 access, except the catalogue of the Rivoli collection. 



"Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, September, 1853." (Mr. Stimpson). 



54. Recutloides proreguxits, (Pallas). 



Motacilla proregulus, Pallas, Zoog. Ross. Asiat. i. p. 499, (1811). 

 Regulus modestus, Gould, B. of Ear. ii. (not paged, 1837). 

 Gould B. of Eur. ii. pi. 149. 

 " Hong Kong, February, 1855." (Mr. Stimpson). 



55. Motacilla capensis, Linnams. 



"Simon's town, Cape of Good Hope, September, 1853. Collected by Lieut. 

 Van Wyck and Dr. Alexander." (Mr. Stimpson). 



56. Motacilla dukhunensis, Sykes. 



" In a meadow at Hong Kong, China, March, 1855. Collected by Mr. Sal- 

 vadora Pelkey." (Mr. Stimpson). 



57. Motacilla luzoxiensis, Scopoli. 



"Hong Kong, February, 1855. (Mr. Stimpson). 



58 Motacilla lugubris, Temminck. 



Motacilla lugubris, Temm., Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 175, ("1835). 



Motacilla albeola, var. kamtschatica, Pallas, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 



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Gould. B. of Eur. ii. pi. 142. Temm. and Schleg., Faun. Jap. Birds, pi. 25. 

 From Kamtschatka. 



One specimen, not in good condition, appears to be this species in summer 

 1862.] 



