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CERYLE MAXIMA. 
Seen on one or two occasions on the Limpopo, but appa- 
rently not very common there. 
IRRISOR ERYTHRORHYNCHUS. 
Common in the Bamangwato district, going about in parties 
of from six to eight; they are noisy and restless. 
LANIARIUS ATROCOCCINEUS. 
I took a nest of this species out of a small thorn-tree on 
the 7th of November : it was placed in a fork of the tree, very 
small indeed for the size of the bird, and was made entirely 
of soft dead reeds, no other lining ; it contained three eggs, 
white ground, very much spotted with light brown. The bird 
was extremely tame, coming down to the nest, though I was 
not more than a foot directly underneath it. 
M£EGALOPHONUS APIATUS. 
One specimen, obtained on the “High Veldt,’ in the 
Transvaal. 
EuPoporis KORI. 
This splendid Bustard I only saw on one or two occasions 
in the bush country, and always singly. 
RALLUS CHRULESCENS. 
I obtained one specimen close to Pietermaritzburg ; but it 
was too much injured for preserving. 
I am, dear Sir, yours truly, 
T. E. Buckuey. 
Sir,—In a recent article on the birds of the Pelew Islands 
(Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, pt. viii. p. 18), Dr. O. Finsch leaves 
it to be inferred that the Philippines are inhabited by two 
distinct species of the genus Artamus. One species (which 
he identifies as being the true Lanius leucorhynchus, L.), Dr. 
Finsch states, is restricted to the Philippine and Pelew groups 
of islands. The second, according to the same author, is 
Artamus leucogaster, Valenc., and is said by Dr. Finsch to be 
common to both the Philippine and the Sunda Islands. The 
closely allied New-Caledonian species of the genus, A. mela- 
leucus (Forst.), Dr. Finsch considers specifically distinct from 
the Pelew form. 





