1882.] FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 307 
17. SIGMODUS TRICOLOR. 
Sigmodus tricolor (Gray); Shelley, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 581. 
Mamboio. i 
Five specimens, three with white on the wing, and two without. 
18. SIGMODUS SCOPIFRONS. 
Sigmodus scopifrons, Peters, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 582. 
Mamboio. 
19. EURYCEPHALUS RUEPPELLI, Bp. 
Eurycephalus anguitimens, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 225 (2); 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 I did J. ¢., and overlooked the white rump which 
separates this species from the South-African 2. anguitimens. At 
any rate my reference /. 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. 
2(). DiLopHus caruNcuLaTus (Gm.). 
Mamboio. 
New to East Africa. This species ranges from Abyssinia through- 
out East and South Africa. 
21, Amyprus 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 of those 
compared belong to what I consider a variety, differing 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, Vog. Ostafr. p. 386 ; 
Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 233; Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. pp. 299, 
351. 
Mamboio. 
This species ranges f om Shoa, in about 10° N. lat., to Mamboio, 
in about 7° S. lat. 
