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for her comfort the conscience, patience and moral excellence of her mother, with 

 whatever of the good of the character of her father those who know him best 

 may accord to him ! 



28. EsTRELDA ATRiCAPiiiLA, Vcrrcaux. 



Estrelda atricapilla, Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1841, p. 421. 



29. NiORiTA CANiCAPiLLA, (Strickland.) 



.^thiops canicapilla, Strickl. Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1841, p. 30. 

 Eraser, Zool. Typ. Birds, pi. 48. 



30. Passer Swainsonii, (Riippell.) 

 Pyrgita Swainsonii, Riipp. Faun. Al)yss. 

 Pyrgita simplex, Swains. B. of W. Af. i. p. 208, 

 Riipp. Faun. Ab^^ss. Birds, pi. .33, fig. 2. 



Not distinguishable from specimens in the Museum of the Academy labelled 

 as coming from various localities in Southern and Eastern Africa. 



31. CORYTHAIX PERSA, (LinnsEUS.) 



Cuculus persa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. ITI, (1766.) 



Edward's Birds, pi. 1. 



Received in every collection yet sent by Mr. DuChaillu. 



32. Berenicornis albocristatds, (Cassin.) 

 Buceros albocristatus, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philada. 

 Buccros macrourns, Bonap Cons. Av. p. 91, (1850.) 

 Jour. Acad. Philada Quarto, i. pi. 15. 



The present collection contains the second specimen that I have ever seen of 

 this remarkable species. This specimen is apparently not in so mature plumage 

 as that originally described by me, and has the feathers on the clieeks behind 

 and below the eye mixed with white and black, instead of pure white as in the 

 former specimen. The greater wing coverts and all the quills are tipped with 

 white. 



33. Bdceros poexsis, Eraser. 



Buceros poensis, Frasei-, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1853. 



Described by Mr. Fraser as above, from a female specimen, and apparently 

 the same bird which was labelled as the female of Buceros elafii.i, Tcmra. in a 

 collection from Western Africa received from Dr. Robt. MacDowell at this Aca- 

 demy some years since, as stated by me in the Proceedings of this Academy. 



If this is the female of that species, it is more unlike the male than is the case 

 in any otiier with which I am acquainted. A single specimen, which is labelled 

 as a female, is in the present collection. 



34. Aloedo leucogastra, Fraser. 



Alcedo leucogastra, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1841, p. 4. 

 Fraser, Zool. Typ. Birds, pi. 32. 



35. Halcyon senegalensis, (Linnceus.) 



Alcedo senegalensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 180, (1766.) 

 Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 27. 



36. Halcyon badia, Verreaux. 



Halcyon badia, Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 264. 

 Precisely similar to the specimen described by Mr. Verreaux which is in the 

 Museum of the Academy. 



37. Merops VARiEGATus, Vicillot. 



Merops variegatus, Vieill. Ency. Meth. p. 390. 



Merops cyanipectus, Verreaux, Rev. et. Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 269. 



Le Vaill. Guepiers, pi. 7. 



Received in every collection. 



38. Meropiscus MOlleri, nobis. 



Rather larger than M. gulark. Bill long, curved, culmen distinct, wing mode- 

 1857.] 



