586 Capt. G. E. Shelley on 



XLI. — On a Collection of Birds fy^om Nyasaland. 

 By Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. 



Dr. Sclater has asked me to arrange and name a third 

 collection of birds lately received from Lt.-Col. W. H. 

 Manning, H.B.M. Deputy Commissioner for British Central 

 Africa. It was made mostly in the country at the southern 

 end of Lake Nyasa, which lies between 13° and 16° S. lat. 

 and 33° and 36° E. long. It comprises 57 specimens from 

 South Angoniland, collected in October 1900 ; 20 from 

 Chalasulo, obtained in the last week in November; and 36 

 during the following months of December and January. In 

 this collection of 113 specimens there are 75 species repre- 

 sented. Three of these — Buphaga erythrorhyncha, Dicrurus 

 ludwigi, and Lophotriorchis lucani — are now recorded from 

 Nyasaland for the first time. 



The nomenclature of the 'Birds of Africa' is followed in 

 the subjoined list, except where other references are given. 

 After selection of the specimens required for the British 

 Museum, the remainder will be sent to tlie South-African 

 Museum, Cape Town. 



1. Nectarinia kilimensis (op. cit. p. 2). 

 Angouiland. Long central tail-feathers not fully grown. 



Native name '' Songue." 



2. Anthus RuruLus (op. cit. p. 12). 

 Angoniland. Native name '' Ndula." 



3. Macron Yx croceus (op. cit. p. 13). 

 Chilasula. Native name " Twanyanji." 



4. Emberiza major (op. cit. p. 18). 



Angoniland. There can, I think, be no doubt that the 

 types of Fmigillaria orient alis (1882) and F. major (1880) 

 belong to one species. With twenty-six specimens before 

 me from Zomba and the surrounding district, I find that 

 the amount of white on the chin and upper throat varies ; 

 the dark portion of the head is jet-black in full-plumaged 

 males, brown in females and young birds. The variation 



