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characteristic, but thej- are also to be found in the above-mentioned 

 pale specimen of M. melha from Belgaum. 



Hab. The mountains of Africa from Shoa and Kilimanjaro south- 

 wards to Cape Colonj-. Apparently a resident bird in the above- 

 named countries, while 31. welha wanders in the cold season. 



n. 2 ad. sk. KilimaDJaro, 5000 ft, 4th Aug. 11. C.V. Hunter, Esq. 



h. cj ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Damara - Land, Shai-pe Coll. 



July (C. J. Andersson). 



c. Ad. sk. S.E. Africa (Leyland). Jardine Coll. 



(1. S 'id. sk. Knysna, S. Africa, Jan. (C. /. Sharpe Coll. 



Andersso7i). 



e. Ad. sk. S. Afi'ica, Oct. {E. L. Layard). Sharpe Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Elands Post, S. Afi'ica (^i;?«o?'e). Shelley Coll. 



g. S ad. sk. Durban (Gordge). Shelley Coll. 



'h. S ; i. $ ; Paarl, Cape Colony, Jan. (G. E. Shelley Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Shelley'). 



I. Ad. St. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



2, Micropus sequatorialis. 



Cypselus sequatorialis, Miill. Namnanma, 1851, p. 27 ; id. Nouv. 0{s. 



' d'Afr. pi. 7 (1854) ; Sd. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 598 ; id. J.f. O. 1867, 



p. 117; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 427; A7ifin. Sr Salvad. Ami. Mus, 



Civ. Gen. 1873, p. 432 (Bogos) ; Bocage, Joni. Lisb. 1871, p. 269, 



1881, p. 123 (Angola) ; id. Orn. Angola, p. 157 (1881). 



Cypselus riippelli, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 106 (1856) ; id. J. f. O. 

 1861, p. 421 ; id. Orn'. N.O.-Afr. p. 141 (1869). 



Adult. All over sooty brown with a little metallic gloss ; chin 

 and throat whitish ; feathers of the under surface edged with white 

 and with a subterminal dark bar ; some of the feathers of the back 

 also with lighter edges. " Iris and feet dark brown ; bill black " 

 (Heuglin). Total length a little more than 8 inches, wing 7*4 to 

 7-9, tail 3-5. 



You7ir/er birds have the throat less whitish, the secondaries with 

 small white edges *. 



Hah. High mountains of Abyssinia and the Bogos country. Mr. 

 Jackson procured three specimens at Sotik in the hills between the 

 Kenia and the Victoria Nyanza. 



a. 2 ad.sk. Senaf6, Tigre, 7500 ft., 7th March, 1868. Blanford Coll. 



MicEOPTJS APus and allies. 



Although I have kept separate as subspecies M. pelinensis and 

 M. murinus, I admit that I should not be able to determine every 

 individual specimen without taking into consideration collateral 

 evidence ; but by keeping them distinct the geographical relations 



* Through the kindness of Herr Prof. Lampert, I had the opportunity of 

 examining the specimens collected by Heuglin, which are preserved in the 



Stuttgart Museum. 



