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ash; no feathers on the face, chin, and upper portion of the throat, 

 which are jet-black; ear-coverts, back of the head, and the neck 

 white, with a large patch of green on the iower throat; entire 

 ehest vinous brown, fading into a much paler shade on the thighs, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; bill and legs black. Tot. lenoth 

 20 inches; culm. 1; wing 9; tail 11; tars. 1,7. "^ 



This species is closely allied to S. personata Eupp, from which 

 it may be readily distinguished by the followiug characters: — 

 The bare-skin of the face is jet black; there is no shade of green 

 on the crest, nor on the under surface of the tail; the green on 

 the Iower throat is confined to a much smaller patch. 



Hab.: ügogo, East Africa. 



Fam. CUCULIDäE. 



37. Goccystes alhonotatus, 



G. E. Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. Pt. 3 October 1881. p. 594. 



Very similar to G. 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 1,15. 



Hab. : Usambara hüls, Eastern Africa. 

 Fam. BUOCONIDAE. 



38. liapaloptila n. g. 



P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Pt. 3 1881 p. 777. 



Genus generi Monachae affine, sed rostro latiore, fortiter unci- 

 nato, setis omnino obsito, necnon cauda breviore distiriguendum. 

 Typus: Malacoptila castanea Verr. 



39. Mieromonacha n. g. 



P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Pt. 3 1881 p. 777. 



Genus generi Malacoptilue affine, sed cauda breviore; necnon 

 a genere Nonnula rostro breviore, ad basin magis incrassato 

 et digitis longioribus distiaguendum. Typus: Bucco lanceolatus 

 Deville. (Fortsetzung folgt.) 



Bericht über die NoTeEiber-Sitzimg. 



Verhandelt Berlin, Montag den 7. November 1881, 



Abends 7V2 Uhr, im Sitzungslocale, Bibliothek- 



zi ramer des Architectenhauses. 



Anwesend die Herren: Reichenow, Grunack, Thiele, 



Krtiger-Velthusen, Nauwerk, Walter, Schalow, Ca- 



banis, Sy, Jahr mar gt und Lehmann. 



