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43. Colius affinis Sharpe. 



One female, New Heligoland, German East Africa, August 17th. " Bill black, 

 with white patch on maxilla and white tip to mandible; iris light yellow; legs 

 coral-i)iuk, posteriorly dirty brown. Stomach contained various large seeds and 

 vegttable matters. The specimen shot was one of a party of eight." 



This skiu agrees with one received from Prof. Keichenow as C. affinis Sharpe, 

 and with the description of the latter author in the Catalogue of Birds (XVII. 342), 

 but the figure of the species on PI. XII. must be called bad, as it does not at all 

 show the silvery grey colour on foreucck, ear-coverts, and sides of neck. 



(We received this species also from Muanza, on the south end of the Victoria 

 Nyanza.) 



44. Coccystes glandarius (L.). 



March .5th, Fort Johnston. " Iris dirty yellowish brown. Stomach full of 

 hairy caterpillars." 



4o. Coccystes jacobinus (Bodd.). 

 Jliirch Kith, Fort Johnston. " Iris dark brown. Stomach full of hairy larvae." 



46. Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.). 



?. February, Upj)er Shire River. "Iris light brown, of a kind of stone-colour, 

 merging into grey on the periphery: maxilla very dark brown, almost black; 

 mandible of a bluish grey steel-colour; legs and feet dark horn-colour." 



47. Indicator indicator (Gm.). 



9. June 6th, Lake Nyassa. '' Iris light lia/.el; legs slaty lirown; bill light 

 horn-colour. The crop contained a mixture of Ijees-bread, wax, and remains 

 of insects." 



4.S. Centropus natalensis Shelley. 



From June, July, August, Up))er Shir6 River. 1 have no doubt that all these 

 specimens belong to C. natalensis. but they vary, and souiC approach ('. s^'negali'nsis 

 in certain characters. The head in a freshly moulted example is distinctly glossed 

 with blue, much more so than the more greenish tail. This same bird has no bars 

 on the base of the tail-feathers, no whitish shaft-lines on the mantle, no indication 

 of a whitish eyebrow, but it has the tail-coverts barred aud distinct whitish edges 

 to all the rcctrices. Its wing measures only 166 mm. One of the lateral rectrices 

 is snow-white. In none of the skins is the sn))erciliary stripe well developed. A 

 nest with four eggs was found on June 2iiX\\. It was a very loosely built domed 

 nest, standing in tall pai)yrus rushes about five feet above the ground. Ontside it 

 consisted of coarse grass, inside of fine grass. The hole was on the side of the nest. 

 The eggs arc of a chalky white without gloss, and measure 34-6 to 34'5 : 23 mm. 



49. Gallirex chlorochlamys Sh. 



Monkey Bay, Lake Nyassa, June 2nd, 1895. $ . " Beak black: legs dark slaty 

 brown; iris brown, ('rop full of large stoned fruit." 



