540 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



73. Pratincola torquata. 



Pratincola torquata (Linn.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 86, 

 no. 1192; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 15, 1891, p. 12, 1896, p. 231. 

 Nyika Plateau and Kombi, June and July. Five specimens. 



74. Tarsiger johnstoni. 



Tarsiger johnstoni (Shelley), Ibis, 1896, pp. 181, 234. 



Pogonocichla johnstoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 18; 1894, 

 p. 14. 



Nyika Plateau, Kombi, and Malosis, June and July. 

 Ten specimens, all exactly similar, with the exception of one 

 immature bird. This is one of the local forms ; it has not 

 yet been recorded from beyond the limits of Nyasaland, 

 but appears to be common in that country. 



75. TURDUS LITSITSIRUPA. 



Turdus Utsitsirupa, Smith; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 87, 

 no. 1215; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 198,813. 



Geocichla Utsitsirupa, Seebohm, Cat. v. p. 182. 



Fort Hill, July. A female. This is, I believe, the first 

 instance of the occurrence of this species north of the 

 Zambesi. 



7Q. Turdus milanjensis. 



Turdus milanjensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 12, 1894, p. 9, 

 1896, p. 231 ; id. B. Afr. i. p. 88, no. 1231. 



Nyika Plateau, June. Two males and two females. " Bill 

 and legs red" {A. W.). In the dried skin the bill is deep 

 yellow and the legs pale brown. This bird is known only 

 from Nyasaland and is represented by the nearest allied 

 species, T. cabanisi, to the south of the Zambesi and 

 T. deckeni in E. Africa. 



a. Barker ; upper throat white, strongly streaked with 



black T. milanjensis. 



b. Paler; upper throat pale grey obscurely streaked 



with brown. 

 a'. Less rufous on the abdomen and under wing- 

 coverts T. cabanisi. 



b'. More rufous on the abdomen and under wing- 

 coverts T. deckeni. 



