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  Capt. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Slielley 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  3. 
  Mpimbi 
  is 
  the 
  port 
  of 
  Zomba 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Shire, 
  

   wheuce 
  there 
  is 
  steam-navigation 
  to 
  Lake 
  Nyassa. 
  

  

  Capt. 
  Shelley 
  refers 
  the 
  430 
  specimens 
  of 
  birds 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Whyte 
  in 
  these 
  three 
  localities 
  to 
  134 
  species, 
  of 
  which, 
  

   as 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  his 
  list, 
  he 
  considers 
  twelve 
  to 
  be 
  new 
  

   to 
  science. 
  

  

  Amongst 
  these 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  are 
  the 
  two 
  new 
  Barbets, 
  

   Melanobucco 
  zomba 
  and 
  Smilorhis 
  tvhytii, 
  both 
  from 
  Mount 
  

   Zomba, 
  and 
  the 
  new 
  Thrush 
  Turclus 
  milanjensis, 
  from 
  Mount 
  

   Milanji. 
  The 
  new 
  Callene 
  anomala, 
  from 
  Mount 
  Milanji, 
  is 
  

   also 
  a 
  very 
  noticeable 
  form. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  134 
  species 
  recorded 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Shelley, 
  47 
  are 
  of 
  

   somewhat 
  wide 
  range 
  or 
  are 
  migrants 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   Africa. 
  Of 
  the 
  remaining 
  87, 
  there 
  are 
  45 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   said 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  South-African 
  Subregion, 
  19 
  are 
  East- 
  

   African, 
  while 
  23 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  

   Zambesi 
  and 
  Sliire 
  districts. 
  

  

  Of 
  these 
  23 
  species, 
  several 
  find 
  their 
  nearest 
  allies 
  in 
  

   Angolan 
  species, 
  while 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  distinct 
  element 
  of 
  the 
  

   East-African 
  mountain 
  fauna, 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  

   such 
  forms 
  as 
  Xenocichla 
  fuscicejjs, 
  Pachyprora 
  dimorpha, 
  

   and 
  Trochocercus 
  albouotatus. 
  

  

  b. 
  List 
  of 
  Birds. 
  By 
  Capt. 
  Shelley. 
  

  

  1. 
  Melierax 
  gabar. 
  

  

  Melierax 
  gabar, 
  Sharpe, 
  ed. 
  Layard's 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  19, 
  795 
  ; 
  

   id. 
  Cat. 
  i. 
  p. 
  89. 
  

  

  No. 
  9. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  

  

  2. 
  ASTURINULA 
  MONOGRAMMICA. 
  

  

  jisturinula 
  monogrammica, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  42; 
  id. 
  

   Cat. 
  i. 
  p. 
  275. 
  

  

  No. 
  8, 
  ^ 
  . 
  Zomba, 
  Aug., 
  Sept. 
  

  

  3. 
  LOPHOAETUS 
  OCCIPITALIS. 
  

  

  Lophoaetvs 
  occipitalis, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  41 
  ; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  i. 
  

   p. 
  274. 
  

  

  No. 
  92. 
  Zomba 
  Plateau, 
  4000 
  feet, 
  March. 
  

  

  