1879.] CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON NEW AFRICAN BIRDS. 679 



t33. Ardetta atricapilla (Afzel.). 



Ardea atricapilla, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 701 ; Hartl. 

 Vog. Madag. p. 308. 



Butoroides atricapilla, E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 301. 

 One specimen from Grand Comoro and eight from Anjuan. 



t34. Numenius ph^eoptjs (Linn.). 



Numenius phaopus, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 739 ; Hartl. 

 Vog. Madag. p. 322. 



One specimen, Grand Comoro. 



t35. Tringa subarquata (Giild.). 



Tringa subarquata, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 761 ; Hartl. 

 Vog. Madag. p. 330. 



Two specimens, Anjuan. 



t36. Sterna media, Horsf. 



Sterna media, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 830 ; H. Saunders, 

 P.Z. S. 1876, p. 655. 



Sterna affinis, Riipp. (nee Horsf.), Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 382. 

 Two specimens, Grand Comoro. 



5. Descriptions of two new Species of African Birds. 

 By Captain G. E. Shelley. 



[Keceived August 19, 1879.] 



(Plate L.) 



Chrysococcyx flavigularis, n. sp. (Plate L.) 

 Entire upper parts, as well as the sides of the head and neck, 

 golden green, with a very strong shade of copper or lilac-bronze ; 

 two centre tail-feathers uniform fiery copper, the next pair of feathers 

 dark brown glossed with fiery copper, with white ends and a broad 

 white outer margin to the basal three quarters of the outer webs, 

 the remaining three pairs of outer tail-feathers white, with a broad 

 subterminal bar of blackish bronze ; quills dark brown, glossed with 

 fiery copper, most strongly so on the outer webs ; the inner webs of 

 the quills for about three quarters of their length buff, this colour 

 forming partial bars or notches in the brown of the quills ; chin and 

 throat bright yellow, with the sides and a few feathers on the middle 

 of the crop golden green ; remainder of the under surface of the 

 body, the thighs, and the under tail-coverts brownish buff, each 

 feather with some four or five wavy narrow bars of bronze ; under 

 wing-coverts buff, similarly marked ; bill yellow, shaded with horn- 

 colour towards the base ; legs apparently dark olive, with the soles 

 of the feet yellow. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 3*8, 

 tail 2 - 8, tarsus 0'6. 



Proc Zool. Soc— 1879, No. XL1V. 44 



