130 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM ANGOLA. [Feb. 7, 



Aves descriptse, ad litora et circa insulas frequentes, etiam manibus 

 captse sunt. Plures deinde, vivas iu navi servatse, delectamento erant 

 nautis, erectae, vacillando circumvagantes, speciem prsebentes pue- 

 ruli mendici, veste prolixa, terram verrente et manicis pendulis 

 instructa, induti. (Hinc nomen petitum, etsi babitus idem Spke- 

 niscinis omnibus verisimiliter communis.) 



4. On the Birds of Angola. 

 By R. B. Sharpe, F.L.S., Libr. Z.S., &c— Part III. 



[Eeceived January 17, 1871.] 

 (Plate VII.) 



Since my previous papers on the avifauna of Angola I have only 

 received two collections, neither of them very extensive. The first 

 was placed in my hands by my friend Mr. J. J. Monteiro, who 

 brought a few birds with him on his recent return to England on 

 account of his ill-health. I am happy to say that he has now com- 

 pletely recovered and has gone back to Angola ; so that we may 

 expect to have from him some more observations on the ornithology 

 of that country, to the elucidation of the fauna of which he has 

 contributed in so remarkable a manner. 



For the second collection I am indebted to Mr. Cutter of Blooms- 

 bury Street, who had received it, in his capacity as a natural-history 

 agent, from Mr. Charles Hamilton, a gentleman now travelling iu 

 Angola. I have to thank Mr. F. G. H. Price, who is a personal 

 friend of Mr. Hamilton, and who has aided him greatly in the ob- 

 jects of the expedition, for the following note, which has reference 

 to the localities where the birds were collected : — 



" Mr. Hamilton told me in a letter that he had killed most of his 

 birds on the river Lucalla, and some near Cazengo. He informed 

 me that birds were not plentiful, owing to the many enemies the 

 voung ones had. He likewise killed birds and caught butterflies in 

 the vicinity of Galungo Alto." 



Having in my last paper (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 142\ forgotten to give 

 the number of species, I must here state that up to the present 

 time I have recorded sixty as having been sent by Mr. Monteiro 

 and Heer Sala. It will be interesting in a little while to compare 

 the results obtained by the English naturalists with those obtained 

 by Signor Anchieta, who is making large collections in Angola for 

 the Lisbon Museum, when we may hope to arrive at a correct know- 

 ledge of the avifauna of the country. I have, as usual, referred to 

 Prof. Barboza du Bocage's papers on the consignments of Signor 

 Anchieta, a dagger f being prefixed when the bird is believed to 

 have been recorded from Angola for the first time. 



61. Criniger flaviventris. 



Criniger flaviventris (Sm.); Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 22. 



