18S2.] FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 307 



17. SiGMODUS TRICOLOR. 



Sigmoclus tricolor (Gray); Sbelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 581. 



Mamboio. 



Five specimens, three with white on the wing, and two without. 



18. SiGMODUS SCOPIFRONS. 



Sigmodus scopifrons, Peters, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 582. 

 ISramboio. 



19. EURYCEPHALUS RUEPPELLI, Bp. 



Eurycephalus anguitimens, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 225 (?) : Fischer 

 & Reichenow J. f. O. 1879, p.347(?) ; Shelley P. Z. S. 1881, p. 582. 



Mamboio, Ugogo. 



I suspect that Drs. Cabanis, Fischer, and Reichenow fell into the 

 same error as 1 did I. c, and overlooked the white rump which 

 separates this species from the South-African E. anguitimens. At 

 any rate my reference I. c. should be cancelled. This species ranges 

 from Shoa, about 9° N. lat., where it was collected by Dr. Riippell, 

 to Mamboio and Ugogo, about 7° S. lat. 



20. DiLOPHUS CARUNCULATUS (Gm.). 



Mamboio. 



New to East Africa. This species ranges from Abyssinia through- 

 out East and South Africa. 



21. Amydrus morio (Linn.). 



Amydrus rueppelli, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 583. 



Mamboio. 



I have come to the conclusion that A. rueppelli, Verr., is not 

 specifically distinct from A. morio : in colouring I can detect no dif- 

 ference ; but one of M. Verreaux's specimens in my own collection 

 is slightly larger than sixteen specimens from East and South Africa, 

 the Natal ones being generally the smallest and the East-African ones 

 intermediate ; but this slight variation in size does not in my opinion 

 constitute a specific character. In Natal specimens three ot those 

 compared belong to what I consider a variety, diifering from the 

 others in having the greater portion of the primary-coverts rufous, 

 and in the rufous of the quills extending onto the outer secondaries. 



This species ranges from Abyssinia, throughout East Africa to 

 Natal, and thence to the Cape of Good Hope. 



22. Textor dinemelli. 



Textor dinemelli, Horsf. ; Finsch & Hartl. Viig. Ostafr. p. 386 ; 

 Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 233 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. pp. 299, 

 351. 



Mamboio. 



This species ranges f om Shoa, in about 10° N. lat., to Mamboio, 

 in about 7° S. lat. 



