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The specimens were collected in November, March and 

 April. Two of them, one collected in November the other 

 in April , are in a transitional stage of plumage , the dark 

 parts being brown instead of black. 



Iris reddish brown, bill horny yellow, feet black. 



54. Carapothera hennettii (Smith). 



Campethera bennetti , Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 181; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 80 (part.). 



Adult male, 9 August, Calculavar, and adult female, 

 11 March, Kasinga River. 



Iris red , bill grayish black , feet olive-green. 



Another specimen, collected 12 January on the Kakelle 

 River, and (perhaps wrongly) labelled as a female, differs 

 from the adult male in having the malar stripe black in- 

 stead of red , the black feathers are however interspersed 

 with some red ones, and the same is the case with the 

 anterior half of the crown , which is also black , with 

 faint whitish tips (no spots at all) to the feathers of the 

 front. There is no brown stripe along the sides of the head ; 

 chin and throat are whitish , with a fulvous or rather 

 vinaceous tinge , which covers the whole under surface and 

 is very plainly represented on the centre of abdomen and 

 on the under tail-coverts. The rump is barred like in 

 above mentioned species. The size , however , is slightly 

 smaller, the wing measuring 12 cM. instead of 12,5. 



Iris red, bill blackish olive, feet olive-green. 



55. Campothera s m it h ii (Malh.). 



Campethera smithii, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 184. 

 Campethera Brucei, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 79. 



Adult male and female , 2 April , Muhino. 

 Iris red, bill black, feet olive-green. 



56. M e s p i cu s n a m a quu s (Licht.). 



Mesopicus namaquus, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 188. 

 Dendrobates namaquus, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 75. 



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