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the Vultvr occipitalis, " Vult. auchenio, dorso, eauda, pectore, tec- 

 " tricibus, fusco-nigricantibus; pileo cristate, jugulo, abdomine, et 

 " remigibus secundariis albis ; rostro sanguineo ; ceromate nigro; pedi- 

 '• bus rubris." It lives solitary or in pairs in the eastern dependencies 

 of Abyssinia, and appears to extend far into the interior of Africa. 



The Insessorial Birds are numerous. Of these the first is the Capri- 

 mulgus infuscatus, " Capr. corporis colore ex fusco rufescente; plumis 

 " omnibus striis subtilibus nigris undulatis; gula, fascia mentali remi- 

 " gumque, rectricibusque duabus externis albis." Of Ixos, Temm., 

 fTurdoides, Ejusd.,) four species were obtained, two of which are 

 described as new, the Ixos leucocephaliis, " Ix. rostro nigro, capitealbo; 

 " alarum caudseque color umbraceus, plumarum laxarum nuchs, 

 " auchenii, et interscapulii dilutior; gastrseo e fusco candicante; gula 

 " maculis albescentibus varia:" and the Ixos pleheius, " Ix. rostro nigro, 

 " corpore supra umbrino, gula alba, jugulo et pectore fuscescentibus, 

 " plumis maculis albis terminatis, abdomine ex fusco candicante." The 

 former of these is found plentifully in Sennaar, and the latter, which is 

 probably migratory, occurs in troops in Kordofan during the winter. 

 The next species, the Sylvia Ruppellii, Temm., from the Red Sea, has 

 been previously figured in the Planches Coloriees. Of the genus Malurus 

 four are given: the Mai. Acacice, " Mai. corpore coloris ex ochraceo 

 " isabellini; capite cinerascente, obsolete fusco striolato; gula alba; 

 " rostro pedibusque flavis," which has been included in Lichtenstein's 

 Catalogue as a species of Sp/ien?<ra.- the Mai. squamiceps, "Mai. corporis 

 " colore fabarum coffese naturali; plumis capitis rigidioribus, maculae 

 " oblongae nigree, illis dorsi et gastraei fuliginosis; gula alba:" the Mai. 

 damans, " Mai. fronte et vertice ex albo nigroque variegatis: corpore 

 " supra helvolo ; infra subflavo ; tectricibus nigris, albo limbatis:" and 

 the Mai. gracilis, " Mai. corpore supra ex cinereo olivascente, subtus 

 " albescente : in pileo, cervice et dorso maculee oblongse, obsolete fuli- 

 " ginosse." The latter is the Sulvia gracilis o{ Lichtenstein's Catalogue, 

 and an uncoloured figure of it has been given in the Description de 

 I'Egypte. T\\eEmheriz(B are three: the Emh. ccesia, " Emb. capite, 

 " nucha, pectore ceeruleo-cinerascentibus; gutture, gastraeo cinnamo- 

 " meis; remigibus et rectricibus nigris, rufo limbatis; rectricum 

 " extimarum duarum pogonio interno macula alba;" found near 

 Kurgos only in the vvdnter months : Emh. striolata, (Fringilla striolata 



