1863.] DR. HARTLAUB ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY CAPT. SPEKE. 105 



1. On some Birds collected by Capt. J. E. Speke at Kazeh 

 IN Eastern Africa. By Dr. G. Hartlaub, For. Memb. 



(Plate XV.) 



[Of the collections spoken of by Capt. Speke in his letter addressed 

 to me from Kazeh, read to the Society on the 13th January last 

 (see antea, p. 1), only one box of birds and the sketches have as yet 

 reached me. I have sent the birds to my friend Dr. Hartlaub, our 

 best authority on African ornithology, for his examination ; and the 

 present paper gives the results of his investigations. — P. L. S.] 



1. Melierax musicus (Daud.). 



2. Hypotriorchis SEMiTORauATUS (Smith). 



3. Halcyon variegata (Vieill.). 



4. Halcyon senegalensis (L.). 



5. Merops erythropterus, Gm. 



6. Irrisor cyanomelas (Vieill.), av. juv. 



7. Crateropus jardinii. Swains. 



8. Basanistes cissoides (Licht.). 



9. Prionops poliocephaltjs, Stanl. 



10. Bradyornis spekei, n. sp. Supra ex olivaceo rufescens, 

 capite subcinerascente ; alls et cauda cinnamomeo-rufis, sub- 

 alaribus dilute fulvis, remigibus majoribus in dimidio apicali po- 

 gonii interni oblique fusco-nigricantibus; fascia gulari e maculis 

 nigricantibus comj)osita, utritique ad unguium oris usque elon- 

 gata ; subtus isabellino-fulva, pectore cinerascente ; subcauda- 

 libus fulvis ; pedibus et rostra nigris. 



Long. 7i", rostr. a fr. 6'", al. 3" 5'", caud. 3". 9'", tars. 13'". 



A typical species, allied to the western B. ruf cauda ; tail long ; 

 feet rather large ; beak rather slender ; tertiaries nearest to the body 

 all rufous ; forehead and ocular region more rufesceut. 



I propose to name this fine new species after its zealous discoverer, 

 Capt. Speke. It was collected at Meuiuga, and is figured in his 

 sketches imder the name of the "Morning Warbler;" the irides 

 are described as of a light straw-colour. 



11. Dryoscopus funebris, n. sp. Ex ardesiaco niger ; alis et 

 cauda purius nigris, nonnihil fuscescentibus ; uropygii plumis 

 longis, laxis, albo variegatis ; rostro et pedibus nigris. 



Long, circa 8", rostr. a fr. 9|"', al. 3" 7'", caud. 3|", tars. 14'". 



This species is nearly allied to the western D. carbonarius, but 

 is smaller, and may be distinguished by its more slender and more 

 compressed beak, and by the iron-greyish shade of its black colour. 

 There is no doubt about its being new. 



Capt. Speke names this bird the " Black Metal-toned Whistler/* 

 and gives Meninga as its locality. 



