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Dendropicus immaculatus, Sw. ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 180. 

 One specimen. The exact habitat of this species was not before 

 known. 



Pycnonotus tricolor (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 23. 

 One specimen. 



Cossypha heuglini, Haiti. ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 25. 

 One specimen. 



Nectarinia fuliginosa (Shaw) ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 39. 

 Two specimens. " Kabinda, August 1872." — R. M. S. 



Nectarinia chalcea, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 341. 

 "Kabinda, August 1872."— R. M. S. 



Nectarinia jardinei, Verr. ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 38. 

 Two specimens. 



Nectarinia subcollaris, Reich. ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 41. 

 A female specimen. 



Terpsiphone melampyra (Verr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 44. 

 " Kabinda, August 1872."— R. M. S. 



Telephonus erythroptertjs (Shaw) ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 51. 

 "Kabinda, August 1872."— R. M. S. 



Lanius smithii, Fras. ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 50. 



Two specimens. " Kabinda, August 1872."— R. M. S. 



Colius nigricollis, V. ; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 124. 

 Several examples. 



Hyphantornis cincta (Cass.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 59. 

 One specimen in full plumage. 



Hyphantornis xanthops, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 342. 

 Two specimens. " Kabinda, August 1872."— R. M. S. 



Estrelda cyanogastra (Daud.) : Sharpe, Cat. p. 65. 

 One specimen. 



Spermestes cucullata, Sw. ; Sharpe, Cat. p. 64. 

 "Kabinda, August 1872."— R. m! S. 



Crithagra capistrata, Finsch, in Finsch u. Hartl. Yog. Ostafr. 

 p. 458. 



Described by Dr. Finsch from a specimen collected by Welwitsch 

 at Galungo Alto. It is closely allied to C. scotops, but distinguished 

 principally by its yellow under surface, which has no stripes or 

 greenish shade. 



