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  Capt. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Shelley 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  27. 
  COCCYSTES 
  CAFER. 
  

  

  Coccystes 
  cafer, 
  Sharpe^ 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  158, 
  810 
  ; 
  Shelley, 
  

   Cat. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  221. 
  

  

  No. 
  34. 
  Zomba, 
  Jan. 
  10. 
  

  

  28. 
  Coccystes 
  hypopinarius. 
  

  

  Coccystes 
  jacobinus, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr, 
  pp. 
  158, 
  810 
  (part). 
  

  

  Coccystes 
  hypopinarius 
  , 
  Shelley, 
  Cat. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  220, 
  pi. 
  11. 
  

   fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  No. 
  35. 
  Zomba, 
  Jan. 
  15. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  well-marked 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  this 
  southern 
  race. 
  

  

  29. 
  Centropus 
  natalensis. 
  

  

  Centropus 
  super 
  ciliosus, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  163, 
  810 
  

   (part) 
  . 
  

  

  Centropus 
  natalensis, 
  Shelley, 
  Cat. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  362. 
  

   Nos. 
  4, 
  36. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  2 
  and 
  Jan. 
  23. 
  

  

  30. 
  Indicator 
  variegatus. 
  

  

  Indicator 
  variegatus, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  167, 
  810; 
  

   Shelley, 
  Cat. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  7. 
  

  

  No." 
  49, 
  $ 
  . 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  29. 
  

  

  31. 
  Melanobucco 
  zomb<e, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Similis 
  M. 
  torquato, 
  sed 
  fronte, 
  facie 
  laterali, 
  et 
  gutture 
  

   maculis 
  albicantibus 
  nee 
  rubris 
  ornatis 
  distinguendus. 
  

   Long. 
  tot. 
  5 
  "5 
  poll., 
  alse 
  3*5. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  18, 
  25. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  and 
  Sept. 
  Three 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  M. 
  torquatus, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  whitish 
  

   instead 
  of 
  bright 
  scarlet 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  throat. 
  

   Total 
  length 
  5*5 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  1, 
  wing 
  3*5, 
  tail 
  2'35, 
  

   tarsus 
  0*85. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  other 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  collected 
  by 
  Sir 
  John 
  Kirk 
  on 
  the 
  Zambesi. 
  

   One 
  of 
  these 
  has 
  the 
  pale 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  throat 
  

   strongly 
  shaded 
  with 
  pink. 
  Sir 
  John 
  Kirk 
  also 
  procured 
  

   two 
  typical 
  examples 
  of 
  M. 
  torquatus 
  from 
  Tete 
  and 
  Shu- 
  

   panga, 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  collection. 
  Last 
  year, 
  

   when 
  I 
  catalogued 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  for 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum, 
  I 
  looked 
  upon 
  this 
  form 
  as 
  a 
  mere 
  acci- 
  

   dental 
  variety, 
  but 
  its 
  re-occurrence 
  in 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

  

  