48 Proceedings of the Institution. 
[FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL, 
Second Series, OcropER to DrcEmBER, 1833. ] 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LITERARY 
AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. 
October 2.—Dr. SmitH called the attention of the Society to 
several South African birds which were placed upon the table, 
but more particularly to the following, which he described and 
named : 
Crithagra albogularis. Above greenish grey with some 
dark variegation ; rump and tail coverts greenish yellow ; chin, 
throat, and eyebrows white; breast and flanks dusky grey ; 
centre of belly, vent, and under tail coverts white; wing and 
tail feathers brownish, slightly edged with dull white. Length 
five inches and a half. 
Inhabits South Africa. 
Sir Wm. JARDINE, it was stated, regards this as the female of Ori- 
thagra sulphurata, but it was added, that they are never found asso- 
ciated together, nor even in the same localities. 
Corythaix concolor. Forehead with a long crest, which, with 
the entire plumage, is greyish,faintly mottled in some places with 
fine, dull, reddish white transverse lines; quill feathers dark 
brownish ; tail very long, hoary grey witha deep greenish gloss, 
particularly towards the tip ; bill , legs, and toes black. Length 
nineteen inches. 
Inhabits South Africa, inland of Port Natal. 
It was remarked that this bird differed in several points, particularly 
in the form of the bill, from the typical species of the genus, and that 
it might hereafter require to be made the type of a new division, under 
the name of Corythaizxordes. 
Francolinus Natalensis. Top of head, back, scapulars, 
shoulders, and tail, hght brown, finely mottled with brownish 
black and tawny white, the former in the shape of longitudinal 
blotches upon the scapulars; eyebrows, sides of head, neck, 
breast, and anterior part of belly, variegated black and white ; 
posterior part of belly, vent, and under tail coverts, a mixture 
of black, tawny white, and hight brown; bill reddish brown; 
legs, toes, and claws, reddish yellow; eyes brown. Length 
from bill to tip of tail twelve inches and a half. 
Inhabits brushwood thickets in the vicinity of Natal. 
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