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Native name, " Niamtambwe." Has a singularly 

 sweet song. 



134. Cossypha barbata. 



Cossypha barbata, Finsch and Hartl., "Vog. Ostafr.," p. 864 

 (1870: Benguella) ; Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 260, 

 pi. 2 ; Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 7, p. 43. 



Erythropygia barbata, Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, p. 769. 



411. 9 ad. On the road to Ndola, N.W. Rhodesia. 

 Sept. 26, 1905. 



Bill, blackish, paler below ; iris, brown ; feet, flesh. 



This bird was captured on its nest, which was made 

 in a hole in a tree. The eggs, three in number, were very 

 hard set, and were broken in catching the bird. Eggs 

 pale greenish, marked with chocolate, especially towards 

 the broader end. 



135. Erythropygia zambesiana. 



Erythropygia zambesiana, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1882, p. 588, pi. 14, 

 fig. 2 (Tete, Zambesi) ; Id., " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 7, 

 p. 78, pi. 15, fig. 1 ; W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, 

 Birds," vol. 2, p. 224 ; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, 

 P- 775- 

 A. = 14. $ ad, Mseizi River, Feira district. July 13, 

 1904. 



Bill, black, base, yellow ; iris, black ; feet, pinkish- 

 horn-colour. 



136. Thamnolaea shelleyi. 



Saxicola shelleyi, Sharpe, ed. Layard's " B. S. Africa," p. 246 



(1877 : Victoria Falls). 

 Thamnolcea shelleyi, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 7, p. 52 ; 



Id., "Handl. B.," vol. 4, p. 170. 

 Thamnolcea arnotti (Tristr.) ; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, 



Birds," vol. 2, p. 208. 



