7G. ROSTRATULA. 



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light brown, mottled with dusky bars and whitish margins to the 

 feathers, the lower horder of this dusky patch edged with a band of 

 black : " bill purplish brown ; feet dull slaty-blue ; iris dark brown " 

 (S. Stafford Allen). Total length 9 inches, culmeu 1*95, wing 5, 

 tail 1*6, tarsus 1*7. 



Young mule, Resembles the old male almost exactly, but has the 

 throat entirely whire, the lower throat and fore-neck washed with 

 brown, with some dusky streaks. These streaks on the full-grown 

 male aro sometimes black, and the feathers of the back and scapulars 

 have spots or margins of white. 



Young female. Is at first like the young male and has the same 

 yellow-spotted wing-coverts. The hind-neck is grey, vcrmiculated 

 with dusky like the male, and the markings on the throat are similar 

 to those of the latter sex. When the chestnut colour is first assumed, 

 it is of a dull tint, and is obscured by dusky margins to the feathers ; 

 tho chin is white, and the throat and fore-neck uniform brown, with 

 which the chestnut feathers are often mingled. 



Bab. Africa below the Sahara, extending to Egypt. Indian 

 Peninsula and Ceylon, to the Burmese provinces, China and Japan, 

 south to the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and the Philippines. 



a, b. Ad. st. 



c. Imro. sk. 



d, e, f. <S 2 imm. 

 sk. 



g, h. $ 2 ad. sk. 



h 



dr. 



it. c? ad. sk. 



/, »>. J ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 n. $ imm. sk. 

 o. $ imm. sk. 

 p. <S ad. ; q, r. 2 



ad. sk. 

 *. J ad. sk. 



t,u. 3 2 ad. sk. 



v. $ imm. sk. 

 w. cj ad. sk. 

 x. 2 ad. sk. 

 y, z. J ad. sk. 



a'. 2 ad. sk. 



b', c' . d 2 imm. 



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Gambia. 



Gambia. 



Accra, Gold Coast, May (J. 



Smith). 

 Orjimbinque, Pamara-land, 



Nov. (C J. Andersson). 

 Swakop River, Dec. 9 (C. J. 



Anderssun) . 

 Ondonga, Ovampo-land, 



Dec. 22 (C.J. A.). 

 South Africa. 



Natal. 



Durban, Natal (Oordge). 



Newcastle, Natal, Sept. 



Potchefstroom, Transvaal, 



Jan. (T. Ayres). 

 Marico, Transvaal. 



Madagascar (Beicsher). 

 Madaira*car. 

 Central Madagascar. 

 Palombi R., Sliirwa Plains, 



Nyasa-land (A. M'hyte). 

 Fort Johnston, Upper Shire 



(Dr. I Tat son). 

 Lamu [Sir J. Kirk). 



Lamu, Sept. 



Governor Rendall 



[C.]. 

 Sir A. Moloney [P.l. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



Gurney Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Capt. Savile Reid 



[0.]. 

 Gurney Coll. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Mr. A. Crossley [C.]. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Sir II. H. Johnston 



[P.]. 

 Sir II. II. Johnston 



[P.l. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



