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a. <J (?) Tati, March 23, 1874. Native name, "Yneti." Iris pale 

 hazel-brown ; upper mandible dusky, under one and legs flesh-colour. 



b. $ (slightly developed). Tati, March 23, 1874. Ms (I think) 

 tawny red ; upper mandible dusky black, under one dusky orange ; legs 

 yellowish flesh-colour ; thighs very fleshy — these, as well as the belly, 

 very bare of feathers. Stomach containing grubs and other insects. 



c. $ (well developed). Tati, March 24, 1874. Iris pale red- 

 brown ; upper mandible dusky black, under one dusky orange ; legs 

 vellowish flesh-colour ; thighs very fleshy. Stomach somewhat mus- 

 cular, containing remains of insects. 



d. Between Sibanani and Tamasanka, December 9, 1874. Iris 

 pale reddish brown ; upper mandible dusky, under one dirty flesh- 

 colour ; legs brownish flesh-colour. 



87. Crateropus bicolor, Jard. ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 210. Pied Babbling 



Thrush. 



a. $ Tati, October 2, 1874. Iris bright orange ; bill and legs 

 black. 



b. $ Tati, October 7, 1874. Iris bright orange ; bill and legs 

 black. 



c. $ (?) Tati, October 1874. 



88. Crateropus Jardinii, Smith; Sharpe, /. c. p. 212. Jardine's 



Babbling Thrush. 



a. $ Inkwisi River, October 8, 1873. Iris orange, with crimson 

 rim. 



b. $ Meriko River, November 18, 1873. Iris orange, with crimson 

 rim. 



c. 5 Tati, October 3, 1874. Iris orange, with outer ring of 

 crimson. 



d. $ Tati, October 9, 1874. Iris orange, surrounded by crimson 

 ring ; bill black ; legs dark slate-colour. Stomach muscular, contain- 

 ing insects. 



89. Sylvietta rufescens (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 303. * Short- 



tailed Bush-Warbler. 

 a. £ (?) Tati, October 13, 1874. Iris P a le burnt sienna ; bill dusky, 

 dirty flesh-colour at base (?) ; legs pale red-brown. Stomach rather 

 muscular, containing large grubs. 



Family Nectariniid^e. 



90. Nectarinia famosa (L.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 306. Malachite Sun- 



bird. 

 a. Natal, 1873. 



1 [The original spelling of this generic name, as used by its author, Lafresnaye (1837), is 

 Sylvietta. Sundevall treats this (1872) as a lapsus for Sylviella, and Mr. Sharpe in the 

 Appendix to his edition of Layard proposes to follow Sundevall. There appears, however, 

 to be no sufficient ground for this change, and Mr. Sharpe on further consideration authorizes 

 me to return to the original spelling. — Ed.] 



