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middle. This juvenile stage has been very well described by 
Taczanowski (Orn. du Perou, iii. p. 418). 
Therislicus branickii seems to be confined to the highlands 
of Peru and Ecuador: its area, so far as we know at present, 
extends from Pitumarca, near Tinta, on the south, to Valle- 
vicioso in Ecuador on the north. 
This species has been confounded with T. melanopis by 
Tschudi and Cabanis, by Sclater and Salvin, and also later 
on by Taczanowski.. By Graf von Berlepsch and Stolzmann 
it was recognized as perfectly distinct, and the specific 
characters were pointed out quite clearly. Notwithstanding 
this. Dr. Sharpe has again mixed it up with T. melan¬ 
opis, under the impression that the differences of plumage 
relied on by Berlepsch and Stolzmann for the separation of 
T. branickii were only those of age or season. 
But the specific validity of this species, agreed to quite 
recently also by Dr. Finsch, cannot be denied any longer, and 
I hope that the figures drawn by Mr. Keulemans (Plates IX. 
and X.), taken from Dr. Festa's specimens (adult and young), 
will make T. branickii recognizable at a glance, and settle 
the question for the future. 
XXX.— On the Birds of St. Lucia Lake in Zululand. 
By R. B. and J. D. S. Woodward *. 
Having just returned from an interesting trip to St. Lucia 
Lake, Zululand, we send you a short account of the birds met 
with. On September 19th, 1899, we left the Lower Tugela, 
the northern terminus of the Natal Railway, and, crossing the 
river, proceeded with our cart and oxen along the coast- 
road. We forded in succession the rivers Amatikulu, Uin- 
sundusi, Umhlatusi, and Umfolosi, and on the eighth day 
reached an extensive wood called the “Duku-duku” or 
t( Wandering Bush,” which stretches from the Umfolosi 
along the coast. This country is undulating, and the forest 
* For former articles on this subject by Messrs. Woodward see ‘Ibis,’ 
1897, p. 400 and p. 495 r and 1898, p. 216. 
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