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  Capt. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Shelley 
  on 
  Birds, 
  

  

  45. 
  COSSYPHA 
  NATALENSIS. 
  

  

  Cossypha 
  nataltnsis, 
  Sliarpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  223; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  

   vii. 
  p. 
  37. 
  

  

  No. 
  26. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  Dec. 
  

  

  46. 
  Cossypha 
  caffra. 
  

  

  Cossypha 
  caffra, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  224, 
  816; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  

   vii. 
  p. 
  39. 
  

  

  No. 
  24, 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  6000 
  feet, 
  Nov. 
  17. 
  These 
  spe- 
  

   cimens 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  slightly 
  darker 
  race 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  

   Kilimanjaro. 
  

  

  47. 
  Cossypha 
  heuglini. 
  

  

  Cossypha 
  heuglini, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  227, 
  817; 
  id. 
  

   Cat. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  41. 
  

  

  Nos. 
  41, 
  63, 
  26. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  and 
  Sept; 
  Milanji, 
  Dec. 
  

  

  48. 
  Callene 
  anomala, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  C. 
  olivaceo-brunnea 
  : 
  supracaudalibus 
  et 
  cauda 
  rufescen- 
  

   tibus 
  : 
  pileo 
  paullo 
  saturatiore 
  : 
  fascia 
  superciliari 
  antice 
  

   albida, 
  postice 
  cinerea 
  : 
  gutture 
  conspicue 
  albo 
  : 
  pec- 
  

   tore 
  cinereo 
  : 
  abdomiiie 
  albo: 
  subcaudalibus 
  auran- 
  

   tiacis 
  : 
  hypochondriis 
  et 
  subalaribus 
  olivaceis. 
  Long, 
  

   tot. 
  6'5 
  poll., 
  alee 
  3*15. 
  

   No. 
  4. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  6000 
  feet, 
  November. 
  Three 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  Forehead, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  crown, 
  cheeks, 
  and 
  lores 
  grey, 
  darker 
  

   in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  the 
  broad 
  grey 
  eyebrow 
  inclines 
  to 
  white 
  

   in 
  front 
  ; 
  ear-coverts, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  

   generally 
  uniform 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  rufous 
  shade 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  

   passing 
  into 
  bright 
  chestnut 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   dark 
  brown, 
  with 
  the 
  lesser 
  coverts 
  grey 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  

   the 
  other 
  feathers 
  washed 
  with 
  olive-shaded 
  brown 
  like 
  the 
  

   mantle 
  ; 
  tail 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  rufous 
  shade, 
  strongest 
  on 
  

   the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  ; 
  throat 
  white 
  ; 
  crop 
  and 
  centre 
  of 
  

   the 
  breast 
  pale 
  grey, 
  passing 
  into 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  olive-brown 
  ; 
  thighs 
  leaden 
  grey 
  ; 
  axillaries 
  

   and 
  inner 
  under 
  wing-coverts 
  like 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  ; 
  

   outer 
  wing-coverts 
  leaden 
  grey 
  ; 
  quills 
  uniform 
  silky 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   bill 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  brown. 
  Total 
  length 
  6' 
  5 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  

   0*6, 
  wing 
  3"15, 
  tail 
  25, 
  tarsus 
  1'25. 
  

  

  