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21. Dryoscopus affinis (Gr.). 



22. CosMOPSARus UNicoLORj Shelley. " Sasati." 



A pair of this beautiful Starling, first described by Captain 

 Shelley (Ibis, 1881, p. 116). 



23. Lamprocolius chalybeius, Ehr. " Quenzi/* 



Feeds on millet and insects. My specimens are identical 

 with several in the British Museum from Abyssinia, labelled 

 " L. chali/bceus ;" but as these have not yet been worked 

 out, Mr, Sliarpe declines to be responsible for the nomencla- 

 ture of the Museum specimens. 



24. Fringillaria tahapisi, Smith, " Turugu.'' 



25. Ploceus melanotis, Lafr. 



26. Ur^ginthus MARIPOSA (Less.). "Sunha.^^ 



The three male specimens all have the brilliant red ear- 

 coverts of the northern species. 



i 27, Lagonosticta SENEGALA (L.), '' Sunha," 

 Feeds like the last. 



28. Q.UELEA ^THiopiCA, Blauf. " Maurabi," 

 Feeds on millet and weaves its nest. 



29. Vidua PARADisEA (L,). "Tumbwe,'' 



Weaves rough nests. The specimen belongs to the race 

 which has been distinguished as V. verreauxi, Cass. 



30. Ploceus, sp, ? 



31. QuELEA, sp,? ''Maurabi." 



Of these last two birds there are only female specimens, 

 which I do not venture to determine in the absence of Capt. 

 Shelley. 



"~^ XX. — Some Stray Ornithological Notes. 

 By H. B. Tristram, D.D., F.R.S. 



The question of the species of the Grebe from Vancouver 

 Island, formerly in Sir W. Jardine's collection, which I sup- 

 posed to be Podiceps occidentalis (Ibis, 1887, p. 98), is 



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