594 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [May 3, 



bohm's collection ; and I think that the following measurements 

 prove their specific identity : — 



Total length. Culmen. Wing. Tail, 



in. in. in. in. 



149. CoccYSTES jACOBiNus (Bodd.). 



Coccystes jacoiinus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 597, 71 1 ; Nichol- 

 son, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 359 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. 



Coccystes pica. Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 238 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, 

 p. 303 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 342. 



Usambara mountains. 



I also possess a specimen from East Africa, collected by the late 

 Mr. E. C. Buxton at Dar-es-Salaam. 



This species ranges throughout East and South Africa. Its 

 northern limit on the east coast is the Anseba valley, 16'^ N. lat., 

 while on the west coast it has not been met with north of Biballa in 

 Beuguela. 



150. Coccystes afer. 



Coccystes afer (Licht.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 596. 



Usambara hills; Usambara mountains; Dar-es-Salaam. 



This species ranges from the White-Nile district along the east 

 coast to South Africa, and thence on the west coast to as far north 

 as Sierra Leone. 



151. Coccystes albonotatus, sp. n. 



1 Coccystes serratus, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 237; Fischer & 

 Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 252 ; Fischer, tom. cit. p. 291. 



Usambara hills. 



Very similar to C. serratus, Sparrm., from which it differs in 

 having a large white spot on the outer webs of the two pairs of lateral 

 tail-feathers, in the under tail-coverts being broadly tipped with 

 white, and in its rather larger dimensions. Total length 14-8 inches, 

 culmen 1-1, wing 6-5, tail 9, tarsus M5. 



Mr. Gurney first pointed out to me the necessity of separating this 

 species from the South-African C. serratus, and writes : — " My 

 specimen from Mombas exactly agrees with your description. The 

 measurements of my bird are as follows — culmen 0'9 inch, wing 6-7, 

 tail 8'9, tarsus 1*2. 



152. Chrysococcyx cupreus. 



Chrysocoecyx cvpreus (Bodd.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 522; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 180, 424, 425 ; Cab. J. f. O. 

 1878, p. 237 ; Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 252 ; Fischer, tom 



