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  41. 
  TURDUS 
  GURNEYI. 
  

  

  Turdus 
  gurneyi, 
  Hartl. 
  ; 
  Sliarpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  20.2, 
  813. 
  

  

  Geocichla 
  gurneyi, 
  Scebohm, 
  Cat. 
  v. 
  p. 
  170. 
  

  

  No. 
  14, 
  ? 
  . 
  Zoniba, 
  Sept. 
  1 
  ; 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  6000 
  feet. 
  

   " 
  Rme." 
  Oct. 
  30. 
  

  

  These 
  specimens 
  quite 
  bear 
  out 
  the 
  characters 
  given 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Seebohm 
  for 
  distinguishing 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  T. 
  piaggii. 
  

  

  42. 
  Xenocichla 
  fusciceps, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  X. 
  simil's 
  X. 
  nigi'icipiti, 
  sed 
  pileo 
  fusco-schistaceo 
  nee 
  

   nigro, 
  hypochondriis 
  sordide 
  nee 
  Isete 
  olivaceis 
  et 
  sub- 
  

   caudalibus 
  olivaceis 
  flavido 
  marginatis 
  distinguenda. 
  

   Long. 
  tot. 
  7-7 
  polh, 
  alte 
  3*8. 
  

   No. 
  4. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  Oct. 
  and 
  Nov., 
  4000-6000 
  feet. 
  

   Differs 
  from 
  X. 
  nigriceps 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  grey 
  crown 
  and 
  

   hinder 
  neck, 
  contrasting 
  with 
  the 
  olive-green 
  of 
  the 
  re- 
  

   mainder 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  parts, 
  as 
  in 
  A^ 
  nigriceps. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   greyish 
  or 
  whitish 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  under 
  eyelids 
  ; 
  

   under 
  surface 
  ashy 
  grey, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  slightly 
  

   darker 
  grey 
  and 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  lighter; 
  flanks 
  

   dusky 
  olive-greenish; 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  dusky 
  olive, 
  edged 
  

   with 
  pale 
  olive-yellow; 
  under 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  inner 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  quills 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  buff. 
  Total 
  length 
  7'7 
  inches, 
  

   culmen 
  0'7, 
  wing 
  38, 
  tail 
  3, 
  tarsus 
  1. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  X. 
  nigriceps 
  (Shelley, 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1889, 
  

   p. 
  362) 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  rather 
  short 
  stout 
  bill, 
  very 
  unlike 
  the 
  

   long 
  bill 
  of 
  X. 
  flavostriata, 
  Sharpe, 
  which 
  is 
  its 
  nearest 
  

   South- 
  African 
  representative. 
  

  

  43. 
  PVCNONOTUS 
  LAYAHDI. 
  

  

  Pycnonotus 
  layardi, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  815 
  ; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  vi. 
  

   p. 
  132. 
  

  

  No. 
  30, 
  S 
  ? 
  <itl. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  and 
  Sept. 
  

  

  44. 
  Crateropus 
  kirki. 
  

  

  Crateropus 
  kirkii, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  213, 
  815 
  ; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  

   vii. 
  p. 
  474 
  ; 
  Shelley, 
  This, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  46. 
  

   No. 
  73. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  

  

  