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seems to be proved by Isidore Geoffroy's plate of C. phcenicea. 

 Lastly, if the two birds are identical, bow comes it that only a 

 yellow-shouldered bird occurs in South Africa, and that a red- 

 shouldered bird has never been seen there ? 

 Huh. Western and North-eastern Africa. 



a. c?ad., b. juv. sk. Accra {Capt. Haynes). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. c?ad., d cjjun. sk. Accra. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



e. cJad. St. West .Africa. J. Gould, Esq. 



/. (S ad. St. West Africa. 



g. c?ad. sk. Tigre (Esler). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



3. Campophaga hartlaubi. 



Campephaga xantLoruoides, Luijard, B. 8. Afr. p. 153 {nee Less.) ; 



Bocar/e, Joni. Z,isb. 1868, p. 43. 

 Campephaga phcenicea $ , Bocar/e, t. c. p. 43. 

 Campephaga melanoxantha, Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 45 (nee Liclit.) ; 



id. in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 134, note ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 336. 

 Lanicterus hartlaubi, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. iv. p. 439. 



Adult male. Very similar to C. xanihornoides, but distinguished 

 by its having the shoidder-spot lemon-yellow instead of orange, and 

 confined to the least wing-coverts and the outermost of the median 

 series, whereas in C. xanihornoides the shoulder-patch is formed of 

 the entire median and lesser coverts. Total length 8-5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-7, ^^ing 4-15, tail 4-6, tarsus 0-8. (Mus. G. E. Shelley.) 



Hah. Soiith Africa. 

 a. (S ad. sk. Natal. Purchased. 



4. Campophaga nigra. 



L'Echenilleur jaime, Lexaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 49, pi. 164. 

 L'Echenillem' noir, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 51, pi. 165. 

 Campephaga flava, Vieill. N. Diet. x. p. 49. 

 Campephaga nigi-a, Vieill. JV. Diet. x. p. 50 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 283 ; 



Gurney, Ibis, 1864, p. 350; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 335, no. 5058; 



Gnrney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 133 ; Bocaye, Orn. Angola, 



p. 206. 

 Muscipeta labrosa. Swains. Zool. lUustr. 1st ser. iii. pi. 179. 

 Ceblt'pyris ater, Lesson, Traite, p. 369. 

 Lanicterus swainsoni. Lesson, Ann. Sci. Nat. (2) ix. p. 170. 

 Ceblepyris nigi-a, liiqip. Mus. Senchenb. iii. p. 21 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 353. 

 Campephaga labrosa, G'ray, Gen. B. i. p. 283. 

 Lanicterus labrosus, Bp. Consp. i. p. .356. 

 Lanicterus niger, Hartl. J. f. O. 1865, p. 173; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 52 ; Sharpie et Botiv. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 308. 

 Campephaga niger, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 152 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, 



p. 77. 



Adidt male. General colour above and below glossy steel-black 

 with somewhat of a greenish cast ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail- 

 feathers, under wing- and tail-coverts blackish, edged with the same 

 steel-green as the back ; quills below greyish brown, with a quill- 

 lining of olive-yellow along the inner web ; " bill black, yeUow at 



