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my bird was the same; but I cannot agree that it can be in any 

 case the FringiUa afra of GmeUn, founded on Brown's plate 

 (111. Zool. pi, 25) of the "Little Red-faced Loxia from Angola," 

 and described as follows : — 



"Bill yellowish-white, mixed with a little red; cheeks tinged 

 with crimson; plumage, with coverts of wings and scapularies, 

 entirely of a deep dull green ; primaries dusky, exterior edges 

 of a dull orange ; tail of a dull crimson ; legs of a yellowish 

 colour/' 



Mr. Elliot thinks that this may be the young of my bird, and 

 that the Paris specimen is in an intermediate stage ; but, whereas 

 the latter bird agrees very well with my bird, Brown's figure does 

 not agree at all, the species there represented wanting entirely 

 the orange wing-coverts and the vermiculations on the under- 

 side, characters which might reasonably be expected to be present 

 in some slight degree even in the youngest stage. 



tll5. Oriolus NiGRiPENNis, Verr.; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 



p. 82. 



One specimen. 



tll6. Oriolus brachyrhynchus, Swains,; Hartl., Orn. 

 Westafr. p. 81. 

 One specimen. 



117. TuRTUR ERYTHROPHRYs, Swaius.; Hartl., J. f. 0. 1855, 

 p. 361; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 195. 

 One specimen. 



tll8. PsiTTACUs ERYTHACUS, Linn.; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 166. 



A single specimen of the well-known Grey Parrot. 



119. Xylobucco scolopaceus "(Temm.)," Bonap., Consp. 

 Av. i. p. 141; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1855, pp. 359, 361; Id., Orn. 

 Westafr. p. 174. Bucco stellatus, Jard. & Fraser, Contr. Orn. 

 1851, p. 155. 



Three specimens. Mr. Fraser (P. Z. S. 1843, p. 4, note) 

 mentioned this Barbet, but did not give it a name. Afterwards 

 Sir W. Jardine called it B. stellatus in 1851; but in 1850 

 Bonaparte had characterized it under a MS. name applied by 



