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64. Pyenonotus I a y a r d i , Gurney. 



Pycnonotus tricolor, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 208. 



Pyenonotus nigricans, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 242. 



Pycnonotus layardi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VI, p. 132. 



An adult female, 14 April, Muhino (Huilla). 

 Iris dark brown , bill and feet black , wattle round the 

 eye in skin black. 



65. Pycnonotus nigricans fVieill.). 



Pycnonotus capensis (part.), Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 207. 

 Pycnonotus nigricans, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 242; — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Br. Mus. VI, p. 134. 



One specimen (Q), 24 December, Mossamedes. 

 Iris red , eyelids in fresh birds orange , bill and feet 

 black. 



66. G hi r cic III a o c c i d e n t a li s , Sharpe. 



Criniger flaviventris, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 245. 



Chlorocichla occidentalis , Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VI, p. 113, 

 pi. 8; id.. Birds S. Afr. p. 814. 



An adult specimen , sex not mentioned , 8 April, Muhino 

 (Huilla). 



Iris dark brown, bill and feet bluish gray. 



67. Prinia f lav leans (Bonnat. et Vieill.). 

 Drymoeca flavicans, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 254, pi. 8. 



A probably adult male , 8 February, Humpata. 



Whole upper surface uniform earthy gray ; sides of face 

 and throat whitish ; a narrow stripe through the eye , 

 beginning at the base of the bill , pale rusty brown ; a 

 distinct dark pectoral band ; breast and abdomen yellowish ; 

 tail-feathers broadly tipped with whitish, with a dark sub- 

 terminal spot. 



Iris dark brown , bill black , feet yellowish brown. 



]S"otes from the J-ieyden ]VIuseiimi, Vol. X. 



