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black plumage, the feathers on breast, abdomen, flanks 

 and under tail-coverts very broadly tipped with pure white , 

 giving these parts a white-spotted appearance. 



44. O riolu s larvatus, Licht. 

 One specimen. 



45. L amp r o t o mi s me w e si (Wahlb.). 

 Two adult males and two females. 



46. L amp r o c oliu s sycobius (Licht.). 

 An adult male. 



*47. Vidua r eg ia (L.). 

 Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 453; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 346. 

 Three adult females. — Iris brown, bill and feet red. 



48. Tver on calva, Temm. 

 Three adult specimens. 



*49. Ortygometra nigra (Gm.). 



Lymnocorax niyer , Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 618; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 481. 



Adult male and female, and immature male. The latter 

 is distinguished by its olive-brown plumage, especially on 

 the upper surface , by the ashy white throat and a tinge 

 of the same color on the chest. — Iris in adult and young 

 dark brown, bill in adult green, feet coral-red, in young: 

 bill horny brown, feet flesh-color. 



*50. Parr a a fr ic ana, Gm. 



Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 648; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 477. 



An adult female. — Iris brown , bill dark horny brown , 

 feet black. 



.Notes from the Lieyden Museum, Vol. X.I. 



