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South Africa, shows some remains of longitudinal spots 

 on the breast , which spots are undoubtedly a sign of im- 

 maturity. In our bird from the Sulymah River the cross- 

 barring on breast and flanks is complete. 



unfortunately we do not possess an adult male from 

 South Africa, and therefore I do not wish to make out 

 whether, after all, Schlegel was correct or not in uniting 

 both forms under the name of Baza ciiculoides. 



3. Syrnium nuchale (Sharpe). 



An adult female. It diflers from the adult male by its 

 larger size and in having the white cross-bands on the 

 under surface and the white spots on the upper wing-co- 

 verts much broader. Length of wing 24 cm., while in our 

 adult male from Liberia it is only 21,7. 



4. Scotomis longicauda (Drap.). 



*5. Macrodipteryx longipennis (Shaw). 



Adult male and female , shot in the Savannahs near 

 Juring. The male has the two accessorial feathers between 

 the primaries and secondaries not fully developed , the bare 

 basal part of the shaft not reaching farther than the tips 

 of the primaries. The vanes, about 15 cm. long, are en- 

 tirely black on the under surface while the upper surface 

 is broadly barred across with ashy gray. The rufous col- 

 lar on the hind neck is very distinct and quills and tail- 

 feathers are entirely destitute of any white markings , being 

 regularly banded across with dark brown and rufous. Wing 

 16,7 cm., tail 10,5 cm. The female does not differ from the 

 male in color , only the pair of long waving wing-feathers 

 are wanting. Wing 16 cm., tail 10,4 cm. The two speci- 

 mens in our Museum, one from the Senegal, the other 

 from the Gold Coast, both with exceedingly long acces- 

 sorial wing-feathers, have the vanes of the latter above 

 and below entirely black , showing however , by careful 

 examination , some faint traces of light cross-bars on the 

 upper surface. 

 *6. Psalidoprocne obscura , Hartl. 



An adult male , obtained on October 4*^ , is similar to 



Notes irom the Leyden Museum, Vol. XIV. 



