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mage; one of them has arrow-shaped or rather cordi- 

 form dark spots near the tips of some of the under tail- 

 coverts , the other some few faint spots of the same shape 

 on the breast. 



Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



Both specimens are collected on the Kasinga River , 

 22 February and 3 March. 



95. E u r c e p h a I u s atig u it i m e n s ^ Smith, 



Eurocephalus anguitimens , Sharpe , Birds S. Afr. p. 400 ; — Boc, 

 Orn. d'Ang. p. 218. 



Two adult males and one female, both the first collect- 

 ed in March , the latter in May , on the Kasinga River. 

 Iris dark brown, bill and feet black, 



96, Brady ornis o a t e s ii , Sharpe. 



Bradyornis oatesii, Sharpe, in Oates' Matabela Land, App. p. 314, 

 pi. B; — id., Birds S. Afr. p. 402. 



An adult male, 31 March, Muhino, and another spe- 

 cimen, sex not mentioned, 11 March, Kasinga River. 

 Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



97. Prion ops t a I a c o m a , Smith. 



Prionops talacoma, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 406; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. 

 p. 221. 



Two adult males and a young female , differing from 

 the adult by having the crown earthy brown , the glossy 

 greenish feathers on the back intermixed with some brown 

 ones , and the feathers on the chin scarcely tipped with 

 gray. All three specimens were obtained in the vicinity of 

 Huilla , in the month of August. 



98. Sigmodus retzii (Wahlb,). 



Sigmodus retzii, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 407. 

 Prionojjs Retzii., Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 222. 



Three adult , one of which a female , and a young fe- 



Notes from tlie Leyden IMnseuin, "Vol. JX. 



