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  Capt. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Shelley 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  No. 
  65, 
  ^ 
  ad. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  3. 
  Also 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time 
  from 
  so 
  far 
  south. 
  

  

  36. 
  Dendropicus 
  zanzibari. 
  

  

  Dendropicus 
  zanzibari, 
  Hargitt, 
  Cat. 
  xviii. 
  p. 
  297. 
  

  

  No. 
  QQ. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  25. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  immature 
  bird. 
  It 
  

   is 
  the 
  first 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  recorded 
  from 
  a 
  

   district 
  so 
  far 
  south 
  on 
  the 
  East 
  Coast. 
  

  

  37. 
  PffiOCEPHALUS 
  ROBUSTUS. 
  

  

  Psittacus 
  robustus, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  194. 
  

   Poeocephalus 
  robustus, 
  Salvad. 
  Cat. 
  xx. 
  p. 
  363. 
  

   Nos. 
  21, 
  98, 
  ? 
  ad. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  

  

  38. 
  PCEOCEPHALUS 
  FUSCICAPILLUS. 
  

  

  Psiitacus 
  fuscicajnllus, 
  Sliarpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  197. 
  

  

  Poeocephalus 
  fuscicapillus, 
  Salvad. 
  Cat. 
  xx. 
  p. 
  368. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  20, 
  97, 
  cJ 
  ? 
  ad. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug., 
  Sept., 
  and 
  December. 
  

  

  39. 
  TURDUS 
  MILANJENSIS, 
  Sp. 
  D. 
  

  

  T. 
  similis 
  T. 
  oUvaceo, 
  sed 
  saturatior 
  ; 
  gutture 
  valde 
  nigro 
  

  

  striato, 
  et 
  hypochoudriis 
  saturate 
  olivaceo-griseis 
  cum 
  

  

  pectore 
  concoloribus, 
  minime 
  aurantiacis, 
  distinguendus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  tot. 
  8"5 
  poll., 
  alee 
  4'7. 
  

  

  No. 
  15. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  6000 
  feet, 
  Oct. 
  25 
  and 
  27, 
  Nov. 
  1. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Whyte 
  has 
  sent 
  home 
  seven 
  fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  species, 
  with 
  a 
  note 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  '^ 
  Common 
  Thrush 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  sweet 
  song." 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  T. 
  olivaceus, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  throat 
  rather 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  striped 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  crop, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  out- 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  thighs 
  olive-brown 
  ; 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  orange- 
  

   chestnut 
  ; 
  under' 
  tail-coverts 
  olive-brown 
  with 
  broad 
  white 
  

   shaft-patches 
  ; 
  under 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   quills 
  orange. 
  Total 
  length 
  8*5 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  1, 
  wing 
  4*7, 
  

   tail 
  4'2, 
  tarsus 
  115. 
  

  

  40. 
  TuRDUS 
  LIBONYANUS. 
  

  

  Turdus 
  libonyanus, 
  Smith 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  199, 
  813 
  ; 
  

   Seebohm, 
  Cat. 
  v. 
  p. 
  229. 
  

  

  No. 
  31. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  and 
  Sept. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   northern 
  locality 
  yet 
  known 
  for 
  both 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  

   species. 
  

  

  