310 ON BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. [Mar. 7, 



30. CUCULUS SOLITARIUS. 



Cuculus solilarius, Steph. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 582. 

 Cueulus hev.glini, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. p. 113. 



Mamboio. 



The four specimens sent me by Sir John Kirk I have compared 

 with South-African examples and with one from Lado collected by 

 Dr. Emin Bey and referred to C. heuglini by Dr. Hartlaub I. c.,and 

 can find no difference between them. This species ranges through- 

 out Africa south of about 8° N. lat. 



31. TURTUR LTJGENS. 



Tiirtur lugens (Riipp.) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 596. 



Mamboio. 



This is its southern limit as yet known. 



32. Francolinus infuscatus. 



Francolinus infuscatus, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 578. 



Pternistes infuscatus. Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 214. 



Mamboio. 



This species is confined to East Africa, and was hitherto only 

 known by the type specimen, which was collected by the Barou von 

 der Decken near Lake Jipe, which lies about 100 miles north-west 

 of Mombas, and by a specimen procured by Herr Hildebrandt also 

 in the Teita country. 



33. HOPLOPTERUS SPINOSUS. 



Hoplopterus spinosus (Linn.) ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 

 1879, pp. 296, 301, 337. 



Mamboio. 



This Plover ranges in Africa from Mamboio to the mouth of the 

 Nile, aud crosses the continent to Senegal. 



34. Anas erythrorhyncha. 



Anas erythrorhyncha, Gm. ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 808. 

 Mamboio. 



This species ranges throughout South Africa, extending north- 

 ward on the east coast to Zanzibar, and is also found in Madagascar. 



