248 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



in the Matabele or Zambesi region, there is a distinct 

 partial white eyebrow extending from the nostril to above 

 the eye ; and one of them is without bars on the wing, and 

 appears fully adult. I have also the fully adult bird without 

 any white on the sides of the head^ from Bamaugwato, col- 

 lected by Mr. T. E. Buckley. 



Towards the northern portion of its range there is a slightly 

 larger and duller race_, Centropus (jegypticus (Gm.), with the 

 mantle more olive-brown^ found in Egypt^ and, according 

 to the labels in the British Museum^ also extending into the 

 northern portion of the West- African region. 



In C. super ciliosus, Hempr. & Ehr., I have not met with 

 any variations worthy of remark. 



With regard to the range of the three species, C. seneya- 

 lensis (Linn.) inhabits the whole of South and West Africa 

 and North-east Africa from the mouth of the Nile to Abys- 

 sinia ; C. natalensis = C. siqiercUiosus, Sharpe (nee Hempr. 

 & Ehr.), new ed. Layard B. S. Afr. p. 163, part, inhabits 

 the eastern portion of South Africa : but 1 do not feel certain 

 of its occurrence in Benguela; for two specimens in the 

 British Museum collected by Mr. Sala on the Rio Dande 

 belong to the next species. C. sujjer ciliosus, Hempr. & Ehr., 

 inhabits North-Eastern Africa as far south as Dar-es- Salaam, 

 and crosses the continent to Rio Dande in Angola. — G. E. S.] 



51. POGONORHYNCHUS TOKQUATUS (Dum.). 



(38) Umvuli river, 10th August. Matabele name '' Tsi- 

 macope.^^ 



Somewhat scarce in this part of the country, frequenting 

 the larger trees along the banks of the river, 



52. Barbatula extoni, Layard. 



(156) J , Kanye, 7th January. Iris dark umber ; bill black ; 

 tarsi and feet dusky brown. 



Sparsely distributed throughout the country from the 

 Umvuli southward, where their loud notes betray their pre- 

 sence. In the Rustenburg district it is plentiful. 



