28G DR. G. HARTLAUB ON THE BIRDS OF ZANZIBAR. [NoV. 14, 



rufescentihus ; rectrice extima apice rufescente ; rostro et pe- 

 dibus niffricanti-plumbeis, iHandibula basi pallida. 

 Long, circa 7i", rostr. 10"', alie 3" 3'", caudaj 2" 1 1'", tars. 13^'". 

 A young bird, probably of the above-named species. Wants 

 further inquiry. 



There is a Dri/oscopus from Gaboon in the Bremen Museum exactly 

 like D. major, but much smaller, my D. picatus. The dimensions 

 are :— Long, tota 8", rostr. 9\'" (11'" maj.), alse 3" 3'" (3" 1 1'" maj.), 

 caudifi 3" (3" 11'" maj.), tars. 14"' (13|'" maj.). 



17. EUPLECTES FLAMMICEPS, Sw. 



A Zanzibar specimen of this bird, obtained by Boyer, is in the 

 Vienna collection. Monteiro collected this species at Peinbe, and 

 Dr. Welwitsch at Golungo, also in the interior of Angola (Barb, du 

 Boc. Poss. Portug, p. 11). 



18. MUNIA ORYZIVORA (L.). 



We hope that Dr. Kirk will explain under what particular circum- 

 stances he collected this common but exclusively Indian bird 1 



19. Spermestes fringilloides (Lafr.); Hartl.West Afr. p. 14 7. 



A rare and less typical species, not quite without pretensions to 

 generic separation. Senegal and Liberia, on the slave coast, are 

 western habitats of this bird. 



20. Spermestes cucullata, Sw. = (S'. scutata, Heugl. 



Extensively distributed over the African continent. No material 

 difference between specimens from the Upper White Nile and those 

 from Angola. 



21. Hyphantornis subaureus, Sm. 



Three specimens. 



A nearly allied species (//. royrei, Verr.), a description of which 

 was published by me in Cabanis's ' Journal,' is very probably not 

 distinct from H. aurantius, Vieill. 



22. Passer diffusus, Sm. Rep. of an Exped. p. 50; Hartl.West. 

 Afr. p. 150. 



Pyrgita spadicea, Licht. Verz. Vog. Kafferl. p. 15. 

 Zanzibar is a new locaUty for this bird. On the west coast it has 

 not been observed higher up than Angola. 



23. Psittacus fuscicapillus, Verr. 

 Two fine specimens. 



24. Chrysococcyx auratus, Gm. 



25. Centropus superciliosus, Riipp. 



Schlegel may be right in taking this bird for a younger state of 

 C. monachus, R. 



