N. Rhodesia and Katanga District of Congoland. 137 



No. 317. S ■ Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 11, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet dusky ; iris orange, becoming outwardly 

 scarlet. 



Nos. 727, 728. ? £ . Kalungwisi R., Sept. 16, 1908. 



Bill black; feet greyish horn-coloured, tarsi paler; iris 

 scarlet, with an inner line of orange. 



The recently described C. carruthersi of Grant seems to be 

 doubtfully distinct from this species. 



C. tanganjica is a common bird in small parties throughout 

 the country in the Congo basin. It has much the same 

 habits as C. hartlaubi. 



214. Neocichla kelleni. 



Neocichla kelleni Biittik. Notes Leiden Museum, x. p. 229, 

 pi. 9. fig. 1 (1888). 



Neocichla gutturalis (partim) Reich, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 678. 



No. 470. ? . Luangwa Valley, 2000 ft., Feb. 27, 1908. 



Bill dusky horn-coloured, base and gape orange-yellow; 

 feet brown; iris bluish grey. 



I only met with this very rare bird on one occasion. 

 I found a party of about twenty in Mopane forest. They 

 were rather shy, and it took me nearly two hours before 

 I could get within gunshot. In flight they much resembled 

 Prionops talacoma, but they have a chattering note more 

 like that of a Crateropus. 



Although both Reichenow and Sharpe agree in treating 

 this bird as the young of N. gutturalis Sharpe, I am a little 

 doubtful about it, as all the examples that I saw appeared to 

 be heavily spotted, as shown in the figure of N. kelleni. 



Fam. Tukdid^e. 



215. Merula tropicalis. 



Merula tropicalis (Peters) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 61. 



No. 61. S • Kambove, 4500 ft., Feb. 25, 1907. 



Bill orange ; feet light orange ; iris dark brown ; orbit 

 orange-brown. 



No. 81. S? Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 14, 1907. 



Bill orange; feet pale orange-brown; iris brown, orbit 

 orange-brown. 



