184 On Birds from Mount Chiradzulu, Nyasaland. 



2i. Amydrus morio. 



Amydrus morio (L.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 22; 1894, 

 p. 19. 



One adult male. Mr. Whyte remarks that lie found this 

 species nesting in holes in the clifts in July, 



25. Sycobrotus stictifrons. 



Sycobrotus stictifrons (Fiscli. & Reichen.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 22; 1894, p. 19. 

 One i^air of this species. 



26. Cryptospiza australis, sp. nov. 



Cryptospiza reichenowi (nee Hartl.); Shelley, Ibis, 1891^ 

 p. 471. 



General plumage dark brown, with a very faint olive 

 shade, underpart generally slightly paler; rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and broad edges to the outer webs of the four 

 innermost secondaries bright crimson ; remainder of the 

 back, the ends of the greater wing-coverts, and the flanks are 

 slightly washed or mottled with crimson : bill black ; legs dark 

 brown. Total length 4-4 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2*2, 

 tail 1'8, tarsus 0'7, middle toe with claw 0*8, hind toe 0'5. 



Hab. Shire Highlands. 



One of the females has a few minute crimson feathers at 

 the gape, which are not present in the other two specimens. 



27. Francolinus johnstoni. 



Francolinus johnstoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 24; Grant, 

 Cat. xxii. p. 559. 



A single female specimen. 



This species is interesting as a local form of F. hilde- 

 brandti, one of the common Francolins of the Masai district, 

 ranging from the Equator to the Pangani River, while the 

 present species is probably confined to Nyasaland, and is as 

 yet known to occur only in the Shire Highlands. 



Mr. Ogilvie Grant first pointed out the fact that F. hilde- 

 brandti, Cab., J. f. O. 1878, pp. 206, 243, pi. 4. fig. 2, is 

 the female of F. altumi, Fisch. & Reichen., J. f. O. 1884, 

 p. 179, pi. 2, which is fully borne out by the specimens of 

 F. johnstoni sent by Mr. A. Wliytc with the sexes marked. 



