Dr. J. Kirk on the Birds of the Zambesi Region. 319 



27. Telephonus erythropterus. 



Shupanga, on the Zambesi. Frequent also in other parts. 



28. Dryoscopus .ethiopicus. 



Common at Shupanga, in the shady forest, near the mango- 

 plantations, in January. 



29. Melanornis atronitens. 



Very common everywhere near fields and in open wooded 

 lands. 



30. Prionops tricolor, Gray, P.Z.S. 1864, p. 45*. 

 Inhabits wood-country; frequenting the neighbourhood of 



the mango-plantations at Shupanga, and the foot of the moun- 

 tains to the north of the river Shire, at Chibisa. 



81. Prionops talacoma. Smith. 



Native name, " Menya-menya," from the sound it makes as if 

 two pieces of bone were struck together. There is a fleshy 

 yellow frill around the eye, not represented in the illustrations. 



Common throughout the forest both of the Zambesi and 

 Shire valley. 



Fani. MUSCICAPlDiE. 



32. Bias musicus. 



In the collection of Dr. Dickinson. 



33. Platysteira pririt. 



34. Muscipeta cristata, Gm. 



Inhabits shaded forest, frequenting mango-plantations. The 

 long tail-feathers are lost in the dry season, and they seem to be 

 peculiar to the males. 



35. Muscipeta holosericea, Temm. 

 Frequents shaded forest near the river. 



Fam. HIRUNDINIDiE. 



36. HiRUNDO MONTEiRi Hai'tl. : Ibis, 1862, p. 340, pi. 11. 

 On the banks of the river Shire, away from dwellings, flying 



* This species appears to me to be not different from Prionops retzii, 

 Wahlberg. Ofv. af K. Vet. Ak. Fbrh. 1866, p. 174.— P. L. S. 



