13. MIRAFRA, 



609 



Hah. South Africa, from the Eastern Cape Colony to the Zambesi 

 and thence to the Zanzibar district of Eastern Africa, and on the 

 west to Benguela, and even to Gaboon. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d-g. S ; h, i. 2 



ad. ; k. Jiiv. sk. 



h '»• S 2 ^d. sk. 



n. 5 ad. sk. 

 0. S ad. sk. 

 p. cf juv. sk. 



q. $ ad. sk. 



r, s. J 5 ad. sk. 



t-.v. Ad. sk, 



y. (S ad. sk. 

 z, «'. S ad. sk. 



V, c'. (S ? ad. sk. 



d'-ff'. d ; k'. 2 



ad. sk. 

 i'. S ad. sk. 



k'. Ad. sk. 



/', in'. (J ad. sk. 



S.E. Africa. 



Kingwilliamstown. 



Elands Post, March, July 



(T. a Atmore). 

 Natal {T.Ayres). 



Natal. 



Natal ( T. Ai/res). 



Weenen, Natal, April 10 



( T. Arnold). 

 Durban, Natal, Api-il (C 



K S.). 

 Pinetown, May {T. L. 



Ayres). 

 Pinetown, Feb., Oct. {T. 



L. A.). 

 Transvaal {T. Ayres). 

 Potchefstroom, Jan. (T. 



Ayres). 

 Rustenburg, Feb., Aug. 



( W. Lucas). 

 Rustenburg, June-Sept. 



( W. Lucas). 

 Tibakai's Vley {F. Oates). 



Makalaka country {Dr. 



Bradshaic). 

 Elephant Vley, Nov. 20 



{C. J, Andersson). 



Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 Major H. Trevelvau 



[P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Shelley CoU. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Dr. Bradshaw. 



Shelley Coll. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W.E. &C.G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



15. Mirafra assamica. 



Mirafra assamica, McClell. R Z. S. 1839, p. 162 ; Blyth, J. A. S. 

 Beng. xi. p. 199 (1842), xiii. p. 958 (1844); Gray, Gen. B. ii. 

 p. 383 (1844) ; Biy. Consp. i. p. 243 (1850) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. 



Nests ^ Eggs Lnd. B. p. 473 (1873) ; Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 421, 

 1877, p. 223 ; Crijips, t. c. p. 294 ; Blyth l^- Wald. B. Burin, p. 95 

 (1875) ; Anderson, Zool. Exped. Yun-nan, p. €06 (1878) ; Himie, 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 108, 1880, p. 257 ; Oates, Handb. B. Br. Burnt. 

 i. p. 375 (1883). 



Plocealauda tvpica, Ilodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, 

 pl. 297. tigs! 1, 2 (no. 724) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844). 



Mirafra assamensis, Blyth, Ann. ^ Maq. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 166 

 (1843); id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 134 (1849). 



Mirafra javanica {nee Horsf.), Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres, 

 Hodgs. p. 109 (1846). 

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