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23. BUCHANGA ASSIMILIS. 



Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 247. 

 Bicrurus divaricatus (Licht.) ; Finsch & Haiti, t. c. p. 323 ; 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. 

 Two specimens. 



24. Telephonus erythropterus. 



Telephonus erythropterus (Shaw) ; Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 336 : 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. 

 Two specimens. 



25. Dryoscoptjs affinxs. 



Bryoscopus affinis, Gray ; Hartl. t. c. p. 824. 



Laniarius affinis, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 349- 



L. salimce, iid. t. c. p. 349. 



Bryoscopus cubla et B. salimce, Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. 



I forwarded these birds to my friend Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, who is 

 working at the genus, and am indebted to him for the synonymy as 

 above, and for the following note : — " I am glad to see that Dr. 

 Hartlaub, in his new work on the Birds of Madagascar, unites D. 

 salimce to B. affinis. The two specimens now sent by Mr. Buxton 

 represent these two supposed species — the male being D. affinis, and 

 the female with white lores and grey rump B. salimce. A large 

 series of dated and sexed specimens must be examined before we can 

 understand for certain the plumages of these little Bush-Shrikes. 

 In the present pair the female has a totally black wing, and has 

 grey bases to the scapulars, while the male has a narrow white edging 

 to some of the wing-coverts, and very distinct white bases to the 

 scapulars." 



26. Bradyornis pallidus. 



Bradyornis pallidus (Miiller) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 310. 

 B. subalaris, Sharpe, t. c. p. 713, pi. lviii. fig. 1. 

 Two specimens. 



27. SlGMODTJS GRACULINUS. 



Sigmodus graculinus (Cab.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 325. 

 Prionops graculinus, Cab. t. c. p. 24, taf. iii. 

 A specimen in changing plumage, but without any white bar on 

 the lower surface of the wing. 



28. Pholidauges verreauxi. 



Pholidauges verreauxi, Bocage in Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 867 ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 714. 



P. leucogaster, Finsch & Hartl. t. c. p. 376. 



An adult male, with the characteristic white edging to the outer tail- 

 feather. It was included in the ' Vogel Ost-Afrika's' as P. leucogaster, 

 from its being met with in Mozambique by Commander Sperling. 

 There can be little doubt, however, that P. verreauxi of South Africa 



