hoped that ere long collectors may send home a better series of specimens than are at present 
available, and especially birds in the immature dress. 
The specimen figured and described is in my own collection. 
In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 
E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 
a, d . Zambesi (Bradshaw) . 
a. Port Natal (Verreaux). b, $. 
E Mus. Erit. 
Gernah, Matabele Land (Oates), c. Daka (Oates). 
a. South Africa. 
E Mus. Ticeeddale. 
E Mus. Paris. 
a, b. South Africa, types of M. nubicoides, Des Murs ( Delgorgue ) . c. Port Natal ( Verreaux ) . 
E Mus. G. E. Shelley. 
a, b. Zambesi (Bradshaw), c, $ ■, d, $ . Elands river, Transvaal, February 1883 (Ayres), e, $ juv. Elands river. 
February 1883 (Ayres). 
