from Mombasa, East Africa. 75 



Oulmen. Wing. Tall. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



D. zanzibari, from Zanzibar, 



measured by Mr. Hargitt 080 3-60 1-80 0-65 



D. zanzibari from Mombasa . . 070 3-40 1-80 060 



D, cardinalis, from Eland's 

 Post, measured by Mr. 



Hargitt 0-85 370 195 0-63 



Z).carrfinrt/is,fromRustenburg 077 4-00 2-10 0-60 



57. NuMENius PH^opus, Linn. European Whimbrel. 



In conclusion I am desirous of adding a few remarks on some 

 of the birds mentioned in my former list (Ibis, 1880, p. 124). 



Trogon (Hapaloderma) narina. 



Through the kindness of Captain Shelley I have had the 

 opportunity of comparing the Trogon sent from Mombasa 

 with specimens from Natal, the Usambara Mountains, and 

 Fantee ; and I cannot avoid the conclusion that the Hapalo- 

 derma constantia, Sharpe and Usher, Ibis, 1872, p. 181, is 

 not in reality specifically distinct from the South- African H. 

 narina ; the peculiarities relied on in the original description 

 of H. constantia are not, in my opinion, of a stable character, 

 as the specimens from diflFerent localities which I have ex- 

 amined closely resemble each other, passing from one shade 

 of coloration and marking to another by almost imperceptible 

 gradations. 



Merops superciliosus. 



I find that I was in error in marking this species as not 

 having been previously recorded from Mombasa. 



MeRISTES OLIVACEUS. 



This bird should stand as M. icterus (Cuv.). Vide Captain 

 Shelley's list of Dr. Kirk's collection in P. Z. S. 1881, p. 581. 



Dryoscopus affinis. 



In referring to Finsch and Hartlaub's figure of D. orien- 

 talis (Vog. Ost-Afr. pi. 5. fig. 2) as representing this species, 

 I omitted to explain that D. orientalis appears to be the female 

 of D. affinis. I am indebted for the knowledge of this fact 

 to Capt. Shelley, who has recorded it in the list above referred 

 to (P.Z. S. 1881, p. 580). 



