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properly have been referred to this species ; but they describe Natal specimens, I suppose from 

 not having had the opportunity of examining East-African examples ; and I trust those gentlemen 

 will excuse me for protesting against birds being described in standard works from specimens 

 collected beyond the boundaries of the district of which they treat, though I must do them the 

 justice to state that, whenever they have done this, they have always noted the localities whence 

 such specimens have come. 



