On the Malurinse of North-eastern Africa. 79 



in some other names subsequently adopted by Sir Andrew, 

 instead of those originally given, and left them in for iden- 

 tification. Enpodotis rufcrista I had from many places within 

 my limits, though beyond the Orange River. Passer motitensis, 

 only found by Sir Andrew sixty miles north of the River, is 

 certainly, taking his route, well within the limits. Hyphantornis 

 tahatali, he says, occurs "between the Orange River and the 

 tropic/^ and Schizarhis co?jco /or ''inland from Port Natal.^^ 



Looking at all these facts, we decided upon keeping them in 

 my catalogue ; I must plead guilty to the omission of the expla- 

 nation which ought to have been given. 



But my aim, with all my shortcomings, has been accom- 

 plished. An impetus has been given to South-African ornitho- 

 logy ; the many letters I have received from friends and 

 strangers assure me of this ; and already many ornithologists in 

 England and elsewhere, who barely knew that any birds existed 

 in South Africa (!), are looking us up and, I doubt not, will do 

 good service. I trust that an occasional page will be granted 

 me in ' The Ibis ;' and I will duly chronicle all the novelties 

 that come to hand, and the corrections that should be made ; 

 and I will not spare my own bantling. 



VII. — The Malurinse of North-eastern Africa. 



By Dr. M. T. von Heuglin*. 



(Plates I.-ni.) 



The North-east African Malurince, among which I include 

 the genera Aedon, Bi-adypterus, Catriscus, Oligocercus, and Ca- 

 maroptera, are for the most part inhabitants of the tropical 

 regions of the continent. In Egypt and Northern Nubia, south- 

 ward to the limit of rain, there are only Drymoeca cisticola, D, 

 gracilis, Aedon galactodes, and Bradypterus cettii, and in Arabia 

 Petraea the somewhat aberrant Drymoeca inquieta. Southward 

 from lat. 18° N., Oligocercus and Camaroptera make their ap- 

 pearance, as also tolerably numerous species of typical forms 

 {Drymoeca), and in the western district of the country about 

 the sources of the Nile the genus Catriscus. 



* Translated by W. S. Dallas, F.L.S. &c. 



