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genus, named it Hylypsornis salvadori. Not far from where the 

 type was discovered at the Kasinga river Mr. Van der Kellen 

 procured a specimen, so it does not appear to be very rare in 

 these countries. 



To the eastward in Mashonaland Messrs. Jameson and 

 Ayres obtained a female specimen at the Ganyani river on 

 September 17, and wrote : " A pair were seen creeping about 

 the trunks and branches of the large trees. From the state 

 of the ovary it was evidently about to lay." Mr. Guy Marshall 

 has also met with the species in Mashonaland near Salisbury 

 in October, and informs us that it is here called by the natives 

 " Mangwidso," and writes : " Distinctly scarce, and I have 

 seen only single individuals at some intervals. It searches the 

 bark of trees for insects, much like the European Tree- 

 creepers, commencing at the foot and rapidly working its 

 way up, then flying on to the next tree." To the north of the 

 Zambesi in Nyasaland specimens have been collected at Zomba, 

 Fort Hill, and Ikarwa. The species has not been recorded 

 from German Bast Africa, but has been obtained by Mr. 

 Jackson at Save, on Mount Blgon, in February, at an elevation 

 of 6,000 feet amongst acacia trees, and Emin procured speci- 

 mens in the Upper White Nile district at Tobbo, Langomeri 

 and Wadelai, its most northern range being South Macrara 

 (5° 4' N. lat., 29° 31' E. long.). 



The type of 8. emini was obtained at Langomeri by Emin, 

 who writes : " During a walk through the ripe eleusine-fields, 

 a small bird met my attention climbing up and down the 

 haulms, and flying in short whips from one haulm to another. 

 What could it be ? Not a Nectarinia to be sure. The little 

 unknown was very silent. But how great was my pleasure 

 and surprise as my shot brought down a Gerthia, certainly the 

 first bird of this group met with in Central Africa. All my 

 efforts to procure more specimens were fruitless." 



