42 NEAVE, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



86. Gallirex chlorochlamys. 



Gallirex chlorochlamys, Shelley, Ibis, 1881, p. 118 (Ugogo and 

 Dar-es-Salaam) ; Id., "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 19, p. 447 ; 

 Id., Ibis, 1898, p. 555 (Mtondwe); Reichen., "Vog. 

 Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 40. 



12. $ ad. Mseize River. July 8, 1904. 

 215. ? ad. E. bank of Loangvva. June 6, 1905. 

 259. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 22, 1905. 

 261. ? ad. E. bank of Loangvva. June 23, 1905. 

 Bill, black ; orbit, dull red ; eyelid^ whitish ; iris, 

 brown ; feet, black, 



No. 12 seems slightly intermediate, and approaches 

 G. porphyrocephalus. 



Common in the denser bush in the Zambesi and 

 Loangwa Valleys. Its cry is remarkably like that of a 

 cock pheasant. 



" Nduvva luwa " of the Asenga. This bird is good 

 eating. 



87. Musophaga rossae. 



Musophaga rossce, Gould, P.Z.S., 1858, p. 93 (Western Coast 

 of Africa); Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 133; Shelley, 

 "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 19, p. 448; Reichen., "Vog. 

 Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 29. 



421. $ ad. Near Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia. Oct. 3, 

 1905. 



424. ? ad. Near Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia. Oct. 4, 

 1905. 



429. & ad. Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia. Oct. 10, 1905. 



Maxilla, brilliant yellow, shading to orange-red above 

 the base in middle line. A dull reddish patch beneath 

 each nostril ; mandible, dull reddish, yellowish-horn at 

 tip ; orbit, bright yellow ; iris, brown ; feet, black. 



Only found west of the Mchinga Escarpment, where 



