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colouring Trachyphonus margaritatus, but is distinguishable by 

 its plumage, particularly of the head, in which the elastic horn- 

 like structure of the feathers is still more developed. The face is 

 fiery yellow, and, with the exception of the chin, on the point of 

 each feather is a shining steel-black metallic spot. The roots of 

 the entire pileus and the centre of the throat are of the same 

 colour ; the neck is whitish, having in general before the point 

 of each feather a broad black speck. The scapularies and 

 wings are speckled with white on a smoky-brown ground ; but 

 these specks are not quite at the edge of the feathers, as in 

 T. margaritatus ; they exist on the wings and greater wing- 

 coverts, but are never found on the inner barbs ; the wings are 

 spotted with bright yellow ; the back and tail-coverts are greyish 

 green, with indistinct smoky-grey marks and small lanceolate 

 spots. The under wing-coverts are whitish towards the roots, 

 like the inner surface of the remiges. The under-side is bright 

 greenish yellow, with little lanceolate black points to each feather ; 

 the lower tail-coverts deep red. The tail is exactly like that of 

 T. margaritatus, only the spots here are yellow. Also in this new 

 species the cross-band which T. margaiitatus has on its breast is 

 missina;. 



Length 6 in. ; beak from gape 10 lin. ; wings 2 in. 8 lin. ; 

 tail 2 in. 10 lin. ; tarsus 106 lin. 



The breeding and food of this bird are the same as those of 

 P. diadematus. In its habits it is as sociable as T. marqaritatus. 



XII. — On some additional Species of Birds received in Collections 

 from Natal. By John Henry Gurney, M.P., F.Z.S. 



I BEG leave to communicate for insertion in * The Ibis ' a short 

 additional list of Natal birds, numbered consecutively to those 

 published in my last paper on this subject {' Ibis,^ 1860, 

 pp. 203-221). 



The birds and the notes included in the present list were 

 received by me from Mr. Thomas Ayres, of D'Urban, except 

 where I have specified the contrary. The specimens not sent 

 by Mr. Ayres have been selected from two collections received 

 from Natal by Mr. S. Stevens, of Bloomsbury Street, London. 



