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Tarsiger stellatus chirindensis, subsp. nov. 
Larger than T. s. transvaolensis , but similar in that the bastard wing 
feathers are white on the outer webs. Type : (J, ex coll. C. F. M. Swynnerton, 
Chirinda Forest, south-eastern Rhodesia, 27th June, 1906. “ Bill black, iris 
dark brown, legs yellowish grey, length in the flesh 6 *65 inches 55 
( = 168 mm.), wing 93, tail 72, tarsus 25, culmen 15-5 mm. 
Centropus pymi, spec. nov. 
In colour similar to C. superciliosus from North-East and East Africa, 
but considerably larger in size. 
The occurrence of C. superciliosus in South Africa has on several 
occasions been called into question, and I am personally of opinion that 
most, if not all, the records have been based upon immature specimens 
of C. burchelli. Some years ago I had occasion to go over the large series 
of specimens of this species in the collection, and was struck by the 
difficulty in separating specimens apparently referable to these two species. 
One specimen from Izeli, Kaffraria, however, differed remarkably from 
all the others in being marked almost exactly like a typical specimen of 
C. superciliosus from German East Africa ; but in the absence of more 
specimens like it, I left the question in abeyance. A few months ago the 
Rev. Robert Godfrey, of Pirie Mission, kindly sent me a copy of a 
series of papers he has been publishing in a local newspaper on birds found 
in the Buffalo Basin ; in this I observed that he recorded a specimen of 
C. superciliosus as having been taken by Mr. F. A. 0. Pym at Breidbach 
in Kaffraria. I immediately wrote to Mr. Pym asking him to let me see 
the specimen to make sure of its identity, and in reply he kindly forwarded 
four specimens to me. The specimen referred to by Mr. Godfrey has a 
distinct white eyebrow and a few whitish streaks down the hind neck ; 
but in all other respects is like C. burchelli. Another specimen is also typical 
of C. burchelli , but the remaining two are quite different and exactly resemble 
the superciliosus-like specimen in the Transvaal Museum mentioned above. 
With the aid of this additional material, I have gone over the series again, 
and have now not the slightest doubt that all the specimens of superciliosus 
recorded by Gunning and Haagner in the “ Journal of the South African 
Ornithologists’ Union,” Yol. IV. p. 37, with the exception of the specimen 
from “ Rhodesia,” are referable to immature birds of C. burchelli. The 
specimen said to have come from “ Rhodesia ” was collected by the late 
J. v. 0. Marais at Bagamoyo in German East Africa. Since the above- 
mentioned paper was written by Gunning and Haagner, another adult 
specimen of superciliosus has been acquired from German East Africa, and 
two (juvenile and immature) from British East Africa ; a specimen typical 
in colour of senegalensis has also been acquired from the Nata River in 
Bechuanaland, while I find that the two specimens of senegalensis recorded 
by Gunning and Haagner agree exactly with Reichenow’s description of 
C. flecki , which seems to me, however, to be the immature plumage of 
senegalensis. Mr. J. C. Ingle has also kindly presented a pair of C. grilli 
caeruleiceps , Neumann, obtained at Sabi in the eastern Transvaal. Before 
passing on to a fuller discussion of the specimens of burchelli and the 
