8 Capt. G. E. Shelley oh Birds 



49. CoCCYSTES HYPOPINARIUS. 



Coccystes hypopinarius, Cab. ; Shelley_, 1. c. p. 10. 



Zomba, Dec. to Feb. In all there are five specimensj which 

 vary slightly in the dusky colouring of the throat, but there 

 can be no doubt that they all belong to C. kypopinarius, 

 which is a very well-marked race. 



50. Centropus natalensis. 



Centropus natalensis, Shelley ; Shelley, 1. c. p. 10. 

 Zomba, Dec. Two adult birds. 



51. Indicator indicator. 



Indicator sparrmanni, Steph. ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. pp. 166, 

 810. 



Indicator indicator (Gm.) ; Shelley, Cat. xix. p. 5. 

 Zomba, Nov. Adult. 



52. Indicator variegatus. 



Indicator variegatus, Less. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 10. 

 Zomba, July. Adult. 



53. Prodotiscus zambesi^, sp. u. 

 Zomba, Dec. Only one specimen. 



Similis P. insigni, sed facie laterali et gutture pallide cinereis, 



et abdomine, hypochondriis, et subcaudalibus albis dis- 



tinguendus. Long. tot. 5*0 poll., alse 2"8. 



The type specimen is apparently not mature, but it differs 



from P. insigms in its ashy-grey throat and breast, this colour 



also prevailing on the head. These might be characters of 



immaturity only, but the whole of the abdomen and under 



tail-coverts are white instead of being dingy olive-brown, and 



this, 1 think, is a character which would hardly change with 



age and must consequently be specific. 



51. MeLANOBUCCO ZOMBiE. 



Melunobucco zoniboi, Shelley, 1. c. p. 10. 



Zomba, July, Aug., Nov. 



In the series of the species are two specimens which have 

 faded red throats almost intermediate in colouring between 

 typical specimens of M. zombce and M. torquatus. The 

 curious fact remains that the majority of the Zomba birds 



