NEW RECORDS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF 
BIRDS IN THE TRANSVAAL MUSEUM COLLECTION. 
By Dr. J. W. B. Gunning (Director) and Austin Roberts. 
The Transvaal Mnsenm collection of bird-skins now numbers over ten 
thousand, and, as a result of reclassifying them, an interesting light is 
thrown on the distribution of many species ; the whole collection will be 
detailed at a later date, but in the meantime, we will mention the 
occurrence of several European migrants and purely African species not 
previously recorded from south of 15°, and describe a number of new 
species and subspecies. 
New Records of European Migrants. 
Plcitalea leucorodia L., juv. ; ex coll. Austin Roberts, Wakkerstroom, 
Transvaal, 27.IX.09. 
Circaetus gallicus (6m.)', £ ; ex coll. Dr. J. W. B. Gunning, Pretoria, 
2.VIII.08. 
Sylvia nisoria (Bechst.), sex (?) ; ex coll. Austin Roberts, Yenterskroon, 
Potchefstroom District, 18.11.09. The identity of the specimen has been 
kindly confirmed by Prof. Dr. Reichenow. Another specimen of this 
species has also recently been sent to us for identification, indicating by 
the label that it was collected on the Bulawayo Commonage, 29.1.11. 
Both specimens are in juvenile plumage. 
African Species not previously recorded from South Africa. 
Circaetus cinereus Vieill. 
(1) S ; ex coll, late J. v. 0. Marais, Doornfontein, Zoutpansberg 
District, Transvaal, 23.11.03. 
(2) Sex (?) ; ex coll. Col. Damant, C.B., D.S.O., Lydenburg, 4.III.07. 
(3) Sex (?) ; ex coll. C. B. Horsbrugh, Pretoria (no date). 
Chlorophoneus abbotti Richm., a pair; ex coll. F. Vaughan-Kirby, 
Woodbush, N. Transvaal, January, 1908. 
Ploceus aureoflavus A. Sm., adult and juvenile, $ ; collected by 
Kirby and Roberts, Boror, P. E. Africa, August, 1908. 
New Species and Subspecies. 
Vinago orientalis , spec. nov. — \- 
Very similar to V. wakefieldi in having the head, neck, and under- 
surface, particularly the breast, yellowish green, but considerably larger, 
and having the band on the hindneck broader. 
Type of T.M. No. 4757 ; coll. Kirby and Roberts, Villa Pereira, 
Boror, P.E. Africa, 7.YI.08. 
(Iris, creamy white ; bill, horn-blue ; cere, crimson-scarlet ; legs, 
crimson-scarlet ; claws, horn-colour. Length, 290 mm. — K. & R.) Wing, 
170 ; tail, 99 ; tars., 25 ; culm., 14 ; tip of outer tail-feather, 30 mm. 
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