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albido marginatis distinguendus. Long. tot. 7*5 poll., 
culm. 1*05, alae 3*6, caudae 3*3, tarsi 0*9. 
Hab. Ins. ‘Vate’ dicta. 
5. Glyciphila notabilis, sp. n. 
Statura G.fasciatoo (Forst.) ex Nova Caledonia, sed gastraeo 
pallide cinereo, corporis lateribus cinerascentibus, 
brunneo striatis, distinguenda. Notaeo brunneo, con- 
colore, pileo nigricante, supercilio punctatim albo-macu- 
lato, facie laterali quoque nigricante, minute albido 
punctulata insignis. Long. tot. 7 '5 poll., culm. 1*3, alae 
3’5, caudae 2*95, tarsi 1*2. 
Hab. in ins. f Yanua Lava'’ dicta. 
6. Halcyon farquhari, sp. n. 
Similis H. leucopygio, sed uropygio ultramarino dorso con- 
colore distinguendus : torque collari albo : pileo nigro, 
fascia superciliari supra-parotica ultramarina: gutture 
toto et colli lateribus albis : praepectore et gastraeo 
reliquo aurantiaco-cinnamomeis. Long. tot. 8*2 poll., 
culm. 1*5, alae 3*45, caudae 2*3, tarsi 0*5. 
Hab. Ins. ‘ Malikolo 9 et f Espiritu Santo * dictis. 
Obs. Ad sectionem Alcedinidarum c Cy analog on’ dictam 
referendus, et forsan Cy analog on farquhari nuncupandus. 
Mr. Sclater gave a short account of his recent journey 
to the Cape of Good Hope, and concluded with the following 
remarks on some of the birds of the Cape peninsula :— 
“In the suburbs of Capetown and in the immediate vicinity 
of that city, where I spent the greater part of my short stay 
in South Africa, birds, it must be confessed, are by no means 
abundant, either in species or in individuals. Although I 
was always on the look out for them and made short excur¬ 
sions into the surrounding country nearly every day, mainly 
for the purpose of observing them, I did not succeed in 
recognizing positively more than from 20 to 25 species, and 
of some of these I saw but very few examples. 
“The commonest and most pervading bird in Capetown 
and its vicinity at the time of year when I was there 
(September and October, answering to our March and April) 
was certainly the Cape Hove (Turtur capicola). The some- 
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