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297. Campephaga Phoenicea. (Lath.) Swain., 



Nat. Lib., Vol. 11, p. 252 ; Ampelis Phoenicia, Lath. ; 

 Turdus Phcenicopterus, Temm., PL Col. 71 ; Hartl., 

 Orn. W. Af., p. 98 ; Tanagra Dubia, Shaw., Nat. 

 MisceL, PL 252 ; Ceblephrys Melanoxantha, Licht. 



6 Glossy blue-black ; shoulders crimson. 9, above brown, 

 with black bars tipped with white, and yellow-margined quill- 

 feathers ; beneath white, with black spots. Length, 8" ; 

 wing, 4". 



Hartlaub, loc. cit., gives this as a Cape bird, on the authority of M. 

 Verreaux. Mr. G. It. Gray, in his Genera of Birds, makes it equal to 

 C Flavus of Temminck and L' Echenilleur. Jaune of Le Yaillant, PL 164. 

 This last I know to be the 9 of C. Niger of Vieillot. A crimson- 

 shouldered bird I have never seen in South Africa. 



298. Campephaga Xanthornoides, Lesson ; 



Ann. Des. Sci. Nat, 1858, p. 169. 



GENERAL colour, shining blue-black ; shoulders bright yellow. 

 Length, 8" ; wing, 4" 2'" ; tail, 3" 6'". 



Mr. Atmore procured a few of these beautiful birds in the neigh- 

 bourhood of George. He describes their habits as similar to those of 

 C. Niger. 



299. Campephaga Levaillantii, 



Ceblephrys Ccesia, Cab. ; L' Echenilleur Oris, Le Vail., 

 PL 162, 163 ; Ceb. Cana, Guv., VoL 1, p. 362. 

 THE whole plumage of the male is a greyish-blue, rather 

 darker on the head, the back of the neck, the scapularies, and 

 the rump, with a black patch between the eye and the bill ; 

 iris black. Length, 10" ; wing, 5" 9'" ; tail, 4" 4'". 



I found these birds in small flocks, frequenting the tops of lofty 

 trees in the Knysna forests, searching after insects. Le Vaillant also 

 seems to have procured them in the Outeniqua, and on the borders of 

 the Sunday and Zwartkops Eivers. 



30O. Campephaga Ferruginea, vieii. ; 



gra Capensis, Sparra., Mus., i, 45 ; Guv., Vol. 1, p, 363. 

 ABOVE, ferruginous-brown ; beneath, varied ferruginous 

 and white ; tail blackish ; side-feathers reddish-brown ; bill 

 yellow ; feet black. 



This species is quoted by Cuvier loc. cit., as from the " Cape of 

 Good Hope." It is, however, a New Zealand bird, and is only intro- 

 duced here in accordance with the plan I proposed to myself of 

 noticing every bird said to occur in South Africa. 



