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Species of South-African Birds. 
obtained the most interesting of his specimens, a full account 
of which he proposes to give in a separate paper. Many 
species hitherto supposed to be restricted to the coast-line of 
Natal, are now found to extend much further in the interior; 
and his researches have therefore contributed in no small de¬ 
gree to extend our knowledge of the geographical distribution 
of the South-African avifauna. Two species obtained by him 
appear to me to be undescribed. 
Andropadus flavostriatus, sp. n. 
Adult female. General colour above olive-brown, with some¬ 
what of a yellowish tinge; head dusky grey, the lores and 
feathers round the eye greyish white; ear-coverts grey, with 
narrow white shaft-streaks; cheeks greyish white ; throat 
pure white; rest of under surface whitish, the feathers edged 
with greenish yellow, causing the breast to appear streaked 
with that colour; sides of the body dull greenish olive, deep¬ 
ening on the lower flanks and under tail-coverts; thighs 
greenish olive; under wing-coverts dull yellow, marked with 
brown near the edge of the wing; scapulars and least wing- 
coverts coloured like the back; rest of the wing brown, all 
the feathers externally washed with olive, inclining to golden 
brown on the outer webs of the secondaries; upper tail-coverts 
and tail brown, strongly washed with olive-green; “ bill, 
tarsi, and feet ash-colour; iris ashy hazel.” Total length 7*4 
inches, culmen *75, wing 3*45, tail 3*5, tarsus 1. 
Mr. Barratt obtained two specimens at Macamac on the 
1st of July, 1874. Another example was obtained by Dr. 
Kirk on the Shire river, and has been for some time in the 
British Museum, without a name. It is quite possible that 
the species may be ultimately placed in the genus Criniger ; 
but it has the serrations in the bill as plain as most An- 
dropadi, and, until the much-needed revision of the African 
Bristle-necked Thrushes takes place, this species must be 
placed near A. gracilirostris (Strickl.). 
Bradypterus barratti, sp. n. 
General colour chocolate-brown, rather more rufous on the 
rump, and decidedly more so on the wings and tail, which are 
