of Birds from the Colony of Natal. 259 



36. Ispidina picta should be /. natalensis (Smith) . 



37. Oxylophus serratus should be O.jacobinus (Bodd.). 



40. Chrysococcyx smaragdineus should be C. splendidus, 

 Gray. 



52. Ardetta minuta should be A.podiceps, Bon. To this 

 species I erroneously applied, in ' The Ibis ' for 1869, p. 300, 

 the specific name of pusilla, which properly belongs to the 

 Little Bittern of Australia : conf Finsch & Hartlaub's ' Vogel 

 Ost-Afrikas/ p. 709. 



71. Drymoica melanorhyncha should be D. flavicans 

 (Vieill.), of which D. subflava, No. 151, and D. pallida, No. 

 199, are also synonyms. 



77. Pratincola rubicola should be P. torquata (Linn.), 

 which, contrary to my former opinion, I am now disposed to 

 regard as distinct from P. rubicola, in consequence of the 

 somewhat greater extent of the white patch on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts, and the absence of any rufous tint from 

 the white feathers in the centre of the abdomen and from the 

 under tail-coverts. 



83. Platystira pririt should stand as P. molitor. Cf. 

 Sharpe antea, p. 167. 



102. Turtur semitorquatus should be T. capicola, Sund. 



149. Promerops caffer, should be P. gurneyi, Verreaux; 

 vide J. P. Verreaux in P. Z. S. for 1871, p. 135, pi. 8. 



223. Calamoherpe gracilirostris should be C. babcecula 

 (Vieill.), as to which, and also as to the succeeding species, 

 see Mr. Layard's remarks in ' The Ibis/ 1869, pp. 365, 366, 

 and the editorial footnotes at p. 365. 



258. Calamoherpe arundinacea should be C. bceticula 

 (Vieill.), or, as according to Prof. Sundevall it should be 

 spelled, C. baticata, see reference under preceding species. 



272. (Edicnemus senegalensis should be (E.vermiculatus, 

 Cab. ; cf. Finsch & Hartlaub's 'Vogel Ost-Afrikas/ p. 624. 



296. Estrelda carmelita should be Vidua principalis 

 (Linn.), immature; conf. Sharpe's Catalogue of African birds, 

 No. 600. 



