436 PROF. BARBOZA DU BOCAGE ON NEW AFRICAN BIRDS. [ June 24, 
very doubtful supposition), it would be called Pohoera by the natives, 
and would never be seen inland. 
From what exact locality of New Zealand the two specimens sent 
by Dr. J. Haast came we cannot say; but the circumstance of this 
gentleman living at Christchurch makes it probable that they were 
killed on the Southern Island. 
P.S..Scolopaxr sumatrana, Raff. (Linn. Trans. xiii.), ‘a small 
species with the long bill curved upwards, grey above, white beneath, 
quill-feathers blackish,” a bird which Mr. G. R. Gray seems inclined 
to, consider not different from Anarhynchus, has nothing to do with 
our New Zealand bird, but is certainly Terekia cinerea. 
2. Oiseaux nouveaux de |’ Afrique occidentale. 
Par J. V. Barsoza pu Bocace. 
(Plate XXIX.) 
1. CossyPHA SUBRUFESCENS. 
Supra olivaceo-cinerea, uropygio et supracaudalibus ferrugineis ; 
subtus flavo-ferruginea, abdomine medio pallidiore ; cupite ge- 
nisque nigris; superciliis protractis, albis; tectricibus ale cine- 
rascente indutis, olivaceo limbatis ; remigibus fuscis, pogonio 
externo cinerascente ; subalaribus ferrugineis ; rectricibus dua- 
bus mediis nigricantibus, reliquis ferruginets, extime pogonio 
externo versus basim nigricante ; pedibus fuscis ; iride brunnea. 
Jun. Tectricibus ale macula apicali rufescente notatis. 
Long. 0°210 metr., rostri a rictu 0°024, alee 0-102, caudze 0°094, 
tarsi 0°032. 
Deux individus de Caconda, un male adulte et un jeune. Ils se 
rapprochent de Bessonornis semirufa, Riipp. (Syst. Uebers. Vog. 
Nord-Ost-Afr. p. 44, pl. 21), mais leur taille est plus forte, et la 
teinte du dos et des ailes assez distincte. 
2. CRATEROPUS AFFINIS. 
C. plebejo, Riipp., similis, sed major. Supra brunneo-cinerascens. 
subtus et in uropygio pallidior ; plumis capiiis, coll, gutturt« 
pectorisque medio obscurioribus et macula apicali alba nota- 
tis; remigibus primariis totis brunneis: rectricibus cinereo- 
brunneis fusco transversim fasciolatis ; rostro nigro; pedibus 
fuscis ; iride rubra. 
Long. 0°235 metr., rostri a rictu 0°024, ale 0°105, caudee 0:107, 
tarsi 0-030. 
An Crat. plebejus, Hartl. (Syst. der Orn. W.-Afr. p. 79)? 
Un seul individu male de Leullengues, dans l’intérieur de Mossa- 
medes. P 
3. BuccaNopon ANCHIET&. (Plate XXIX.) 
Brunneo-rufescens, collo pectoreque nitide nigris; pileo, mento 
