Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1906), No. 10. 55 



562, 563. $ 5 ad. Near Petauke. Jan. 3, 1906. 



Bill, black ; iris, sulphur yellow, (278, 279) outwardly- 

 greenish, (501) whitish, (563) outwardly brown, inwardly 

 whitish ; feet, black. 



Not uncommon in pairs and small parties throughout 

 the country. 



1 1 8. Platystira jacksoni. 



Platysiira jacksoni, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 445 (Sotik), 1892, p. 

 301, pi. 7, fig. 2 ; Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 488. 



405. ? ad. Road to Ndola. Sept. 23, 1905. 



Bill, black (wattle over eye, orange scarlet) ; iris, 

 brown ; feet, dusky. 



The occurrence of this species so far south is not a 

 little remarkable, the original specimens all coming from 

 Equatorial Africa. 



The female of this species seems to be hitherto un- 

 described. It differs from the male in having the throat 

 and fore-neck black, with a little patch of white on the 

 chin. 



119. Smithornis capensis. 



Platyrhynchus capensis, Smith, "111. Zool. S. Africa," pi. 27 



(1839 : South-east Coast towards Delagoa Bay). 

 Smithornis capensis, Sharpe, " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 4, p. 388 ; 



Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 555 (Mtondwe and Fort Hill); 



Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 2, p. 471 ; W. L. Sclater, 



" Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 2, p. 248. 



103. ? ad. Petauke. March 9, 1905. 

 190. $ ad. Mterize River. May 23, 1905. 

 314. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. July 9, 1905. 

 Bill, black above, white below ; iris, brown ; feet, 

 greenish-yellow. 



