354 mr. f. Nicholson on [Mar. 19, 



I have only to add that the locality where this collection was 

 made is Darra-Salam, described by Mr. Buxton as a splendid har- 

 bour, on the main coast, S.E. of Zanzibar: the country is agricul- 

 tural for a mile, and then covered with bush and low timber. The 

 birds were procured in July 18/7. 



Besides the birds brought by Mr. Buxton I am indebted to Dr. 

 Giinther for permission to examine a small parcel of skins sent to 

 him by Messrs. I. and F. Moir of Zanzibar, and collected by them 

 also at Darra-Salam. Although most of the birds had already been 

 obtained by Mr. Buxton, there are one or two not included in that 

 gentleman's captures. 



1 . ASTUR TACHIRO. 



Astur tachiro (Daud.), Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 99. 

 Nisus tachiro, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostaf. p. 78. 

 A young female in Messrs. Moir's collection. 



2. AsTURINULA MONOGRAMMICA. 



Asturinula monogrammica (Temm.); Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 59 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 711 ; id. Cat. B. i. p. 275. 



Two specimens. It is quite evident from the way in which these 

 two birds differ in the character of the bars on the under surface, 

 that there is some variation in this respect to be accounted for, and 

 A. meridionalis, Hartl. (Cf. Sharpe, Cat. i. p. 277) cannot be sepa- 

 rated as a species. 



3. Glaucidium capense. 



GJaucidium capense (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii- p. 223. 



Athene capensis, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 98. 



Two specimens of this rare little Owl, agreeing with Mr. Sharpe' s 

 description of the type in the British Museum. Dr. Finsch and 

 Hartlaub considered it probable that this species would be more 

 plentiful on the east coast of Africa than it is in South Africa; and 

 this seems likely to prove the case. 



4. EuRYSTOMUS AFER. 



Eurystomus afer (Lath.) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 150 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 274 ; id. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 712. 

 Two specimens : wing 6"8 inches. 



5. CORACIAS CAUDATA. 



Coracias caudata (L.) ; Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1807, p. 824 ; Finsch & 

 Hartl. t. c. p. 154 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 194 ; id. P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 712. 



G. Halcyon chelicutensis. 



Halcyon chelicutensis (Stanl.) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 162; 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 712. 



Halcyon striolata, Hartl. t. c. p. 824. 



Two specimens. 



