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South Africa. — Eland''s Post (T. C. Atmore ; Sharpens ed. 

 Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 158). Weenen, Natal (W. Arnold; 

 Seebohm Coll.). Natal (Ayres ; Mus. Brit.). A pair seen 

 and a male obtained at Blaauw Kranz River, November (Reid). 

 Butler noticed it at Newcastle and twice at Colenso in No- 

 vember (Butler, Feilden, and Reid, Zoologist, 1882, p. 207). 

 Pretoria {Seebohm Coll.). Transvaal (Ayres; Mus. Brit.). 

 Rusteuberg, Eastern Transvaal (Barratt, Ibis, 187G, p. 200), 



Subspecies b. Coccystes caroli, milii. 



The only specimen of this race which I have seen was pre- 

 sented to the British Museum by the late Mr. Henry Ansell, 

 who procured it on the River Danger in Gaboon. It is 

 similar to C.jacobinus, but differs in having the throat dis- 

 tinctly streaked with black, thereby showing a slight approach 

 to C. cafer ; but the striping is very much more attenuated 

 than in that species. The under surface is creamy white, as 

 is often the case in the young bird o^ C.jacobinus. The type 

 specimen, however, is perfectly adult, and has the wing Q7 

 inches and the tail 8'9 inches. The latter is of extraordinary 

 length, as in C. jacobinus it never exceeds 7 inches. 



I have attached to this bird the name of my father, Mr. 

 Charles Loyd Norman, who has always taken great interest 

 in my ornithological studies. 



4. CoCCYSTES BRAZZ^. 



This species was discovered by M. de Brazza at Diele, on 

 the Congo. I have never seen a specimen, but Dr. Oustalet 

 describes it as being similar to C. jacobinus, but without any 

 white alar patch, so that there can be no doubt of its being- 

 perfectly distinct {cf. Oustalet, Le Nat. 1886, iii. p. 299). 



5. Coccystes cafer. 



The distribution of this species in Africa, as shown by the 

 list of localities given below, appears to extend over the 

 greater part of the continent, with the exception of the 

 Gaboon and the Congo regions. It may, however, be ex- 

 pected to occur in both these districts. 



West-African Subregion. — Common in Senegambia(Rochebr. 



