48 Proceedings of the Institution. 



[FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL, 



Second Series, OCTOBKR to DECEMBER, 1833.] 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTH AFEICAN LITEEAEY 

 AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. 



October 2. Dr. SMITH called the attention of the Society to 

 several South African birds which were placed upon the table, 

 but more particularly to the following, which he described and 

 named: 



Crithagra albogularis. Above greenish grey with some 

 dark variegation ; rump and tail coverts greenish yellow ; chin, 

 throat, and eyebrows white ; breast and flanks dusky grey ; 

 centre of belly, vent, and under tail coverts white ; wing and 

 tail feathers brownish, slightly edged with dull white. Length 

 five inches and a half. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Sir WM. JAKDINE, it was stated, regards this as the female of Cri- 

 tliagra sulphurata, but it was added, that they are never found asso- 

 ciated together, nor even in the same localities. 



Corythaix concolor. Forehead with a long crest, which, with 

 the entire plumage, is greyish,f aintly mottled in some places with 

 fine, dull, reddish white transverse lines ; quill feathers dark 

 brownish ; tail very long, hoary grey with a deep greenish gloss, 

 particularly towards the tip ; bill, legs, and toes black. Length 

 nineteen inches. 



Inhabits South Africa, inland of Port Natal. 



It was remarked that this bird differed in several points, particularly 

 in the form of the bill, from the typical species of the genus, and that 

 it might hereafter require to be made the type of a new division, under 

 the name of Corythaixoides. 



Francolinus Natalensis. Top of head, back, scapulars, 

 shoulders, and tail, light brown, finely mottled with brownish 

 black and tawny white, the former in the shape of longitudinal 

 blotches upon the scapulars ; eyebrows, sides of head, neck, 

 breast, and anterior part of belly, variegated black and white ; 

 posterior part of belly, vent, and under tail coverts, a mixture 

 of black, tawny white, and light brown ; bill reddish brown ; 

 legs, toes, and claws, reddish yellow ; eyes brown. Length 

 from bill to tip of tail twelve inches and a half. 



Inhabits brushwood thickets in the vicinity of Natal. 



