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albido marginatis distiuguendus. Long. tot. 7'5 poll., 

 culm. 1"05, alae 'd'Q, caudse 3'3j tarsi 0'9. 

 Hab. Ins. ' Vate ' dicta. 



5. Glyciphila notabilis^ sp. n. 



Statura G./asciata (Forst.) ex Nova Caledonia, sed gastrseo 

 pallide cinereo, corporis lateribus cinerascentibus, 

 brunneo striatis, distinguenda. Notaeo brunneo, con- 

 colore, pileo nigricante, supercilio punctatim albo-macu- 

 latOj facie laterali quoque nigricante, minute albido 

 puuctulata insignis. Long. tot. 7 5 poll., culm. 1"3, alee 

 3*5, caudcc 2*95, tarsi 12. 

 Hab. in ins. ' Vanua Lava ' dicta. 



6. Halcyox fakquhari, sp. n. 



Similis H. leucopyyio, sed uropygio ultramarino dorso con- 

 colore distiuguendus : torque coUari albo : pileo nigro, 

 fascia superciliari supra-parotica ultramarina : gutture 

 toto et colli lateribus albis : prsepectore et gastrseo 

 reliquo aurantiaco-cinnamomeis. Long. tot. 8*2 poll.^ 

 culm. 1*5, alse 3'45, caudse 2'3, tarsi 0"5. 

 Hab. Ins. * Malikolo ' et ' Espiritu Santo ' dictis. 

 Obs. Ad sectionem Alcedinidarum ' Ci/analci/on' dictam 

 referendus, et forsan Cyanalcunn farquhari nuncupandus. 



Mr. Sc LATER gave a short account of his recent journey 

 to the Cape of Good Hope, and concluded with the following 

 remarks on some of the bird^ of the Cape peninsula : — 



"In the suburbs of Capetown and in the immediate vicinity 

 of that city, where I spent the greater part of my short stay 

 in South Africa, birds, it must be confessed, are by no means 

 abundant, either in species or in individuals. Althougli I 

 was always on the look out for them and made short excur- 

 sions into the surrounding country nearly every day, mainly 

 for the purpose of observing them, I did not succeed in 

 recognizing positively more than from 20 to 25 species, and 

 of some of these I saw but very few examples. 



''The commonest and most pervading bird in Capetown 

 and its vicinity at the time of year when I was there 

 (September and October, answering to our March and April) 

 was certainly the Cape Dove [Turtur capicola). The sorae- 



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