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LANirn^. 



white in front, tliose ou hinder aspect frequeutl)' with blackish bases ; 

 bill and feet black. 



Female. Like the male, but with white lores and with the lower 

 back faintly tinged with silvery grey. 



Hah. Eastern Africa. 



Western Race. — Specimens from the Gaboon and Congo district 

 want the white subbasal markings on the scapulars; "feetleadea 

 grey, iris red" (Reichenow). 



Measurements : — Total length about 6 inches. 



Ouliuen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



in. in. in. in. 



c? . Zanzibar 0-8o 3-15 2-8 0-9 



S . Zanzibar 0-85 315 27 0-9 



? . Zanzibar 08 3-1 27 0-9 



J . Gaboon 0-8 3-15 2-8 0'9 



cJ . Gaboon 075 3'0 27 0-9 



2 . Gaboon 070 2-95 2-6 0-9 



a. [ c? ] ad. sk. 



b. cJ ad. sk. 



c. [ 2 ] imm. sk. 



A. Eastern Race. 

 Zanzibar. 



Zanzibar. 



Zanzibar. 



Baron Laugier. 



of species.) 

 R. B. Sliarpe, Esq 

 Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



(Type 



$1 ad. sk. 

 cJ ] ad. sk. 



(S 1 ad. sk. 

 i5J ad. sk. 

 cj ] ad. st. 



B. Western Race. 



River Danger, Gaboon. 

 Gaboon. 



Gaboon. 



Congo. 

 West Africa. 



H. T. AnseU, Esq. [P.]. 

 MM. Marcbe et De 



Compiegne [C.]. 



Dr. Lucan [C.]. 

 Pui'chased. 



15, Dryoscopus hamatus. 



Dryoscopus hamatus, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 106 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 109; Heuf/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pp. 460, cxvii. 

 Lauiarius hamatus, Graii, Hand-l. B. i. p. 397, no. 6028 ; Finsch Sf 



Hartl. Voff. Ostafr. p." 350. 



This bird, of which only one specimen is known (collected by 

 Capt. Speek at Uniamesi), is very similar to D. affinis, but differs 

 from it in two points : — The white colour is restricted to the rump, 

 and does not extend over the lower back ; the wing-coverts and 

 most of the quills are edged with white. "Above black, with a 

 certain steel gloss ; feathers of the rump long and silky white ; 

 all the underparts are pure white ; upper wing-coverts and quills, 

 the first and second excepted, are edged with white ; bill slender, 

 gradually compressed, notched and toothed ; bill and feet black. 

 Bill 0-8, wing 3, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-9 inch." (Hartlaub.) 



Hah. Uniamesi. 



