from the Tanganyika Plateau. 365 



Mamwe district to Fife, iu about 9^ 25' S. lat., 32° 40' E. lonj;. 

 Many of the specimens were collected at Ikawa, ten miles 

 S,E. of Fife, and at Lucliinde, halfway between Fife and 

 Lake Nyasa. 



The collection contains about 220 specimens, referable to 

 100 species. A complete set of them has been presented to 

 the British Museum by Lt.-Col. Manning, and the duplicates 

 will be sent to the South-African Museum, Capetown. 



The collection contains examples of three new species : — 



(1) Malaconotus manningi (p. 369), closely allied to M. me- 

 lamprosopus ( Reichcn . ) . 



(2) Cisticola alticola (p. 373), probably more nearly allied 

 to C. angusticauda Reichen. than to any other known 

 species. 



(3) Melanobucco macclounii (p. 377), nearly allied to M. 

 levaillanti (VieilL). 



Where no exact locality is stated it must be understood 

 that the specimens are from some part of the Nyasa- 

 Tanganyika plateau, which is fully described in Capt. E. R. F, 

 IBoileau's paper read before the Royal Geographical Society 

 on April 24th, 1899, and published in the ' Cjleographical 

 Journal,' vol. xiii. 



The nomenclature and arrangement used in this list are 

 those of Shelley's ' Birds of Africa.' 



1. AnTHOTHREPTES ANCHIET/E. 



Fort Hill, on the Songwe river. 



1 was more pleased than surprised at seeing this species 

 in the collection, for Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall wrote to me 

 from Mashonaland, dated 3rd Jan., 1899 : — " Since last 

 writing I have obtained an example of what I take to be 

 Anthothreptes anchiettR $, but unfortunately it has not 

 acquired its full breeding-plumage. Out at Mazoe, at 

 Christmas, I saw another in full plumage. I had a good 

 look at it through the glasses, but could not secure it." 



This species has previously been recorded only from 

 Benguela, where it was discovered by Anchieta at Caconda, 

 and where he informs us that it is common and known to 



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