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row, and they present but a slight degree of convexity when connpared with those 

 of V. paradisea. In the two specimens which I am now about to describe, the 

 bills and feet are decidedly larger and stronger. 



Dimensions. Total length of skin from tip of bill to end of tail 15^ inches. 

 Wing 3 1-10. Tail 12 inches. 



Colors. Wide collar on posterior part of the neck (or nape) and the belly pale 

 fulvous. Breast rich glossy chesnut, thighs pale buff with some black feathers. 

 Upper part of the head, throat, under tail coverts, and all remaining parts of the 

 body black. Shorter tail feathers slightly edged with white at their tips. 



9 Without long tail feathers, whole plumage cinereous, streaked with brown- 

 ish black, pale beneath. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



Obs. Two males and one female of this species, now in the collection of this 

 Academy, have recently been received from M. Jules Verreaux of Paris, in a note 

 accompanying which, he expresses his conviction that they are distinct from the 

 common species, (V. paradisea.) Upon examination and comparison with 

 eighteen specimens of the latter, I entirely coincide with M. Verreaux, and have 

 accordingly described it, hoping he will accept my specific name as a slight 

 tribute to his great accomplishments as a naturalist, and his enthusiastic attach- 

 ment to our favorite science. 



The species now described bears a strong general resemblance to the common 

 species, but may readily be distinguished by the different shape of the long tail 

 feathers. In the two males now before me the nuchal collar is pale, in which 

 respect they differ from the V. paradisea, and also from the plate given by 

 Vieillot, which I have little doubt, however, is intended to represent the present 

 bird. For the purpose of comparing the general appearance of the two species, 

 the plates of Vieillot and Swainson above cited are sufficient for consultation. 



Hyphantornis badiics, nobis. 



% . Form. Small for a typical species, wings medium, first quill very short, 

 almost spurious, fourth and fifth longest and nearly equal, tail rather short. 



Dimensions. Total length of skin from tip of bill to end of tail about 5 inches, 

 wing 3, tail 2 inches. 



Colors. Head above and mask including eyes and extending to the breast, 

 black, middle of the belly, and tail coverts above and below bright yellow, all 

 other parts of the body bright reddish brown, (or burnt sienna brown.) Wing fea- 

 thers brownish black, externally with narrow edges of greenish yellow, and with 

 broad internal edges of pale yellow very conspicuous upon viewing the wing from 

 below. Tail greenish yellow. 



Hab. Fazogloa, Eastern Africa. 



Obs. A small species related to H. rubiginosa, (RiJpp.) and perhaps to H. 

 castaneofusca, (Less.) but appears to be quite distinct. Several specimens from 

 the Rivoli collection are now in the collection of the Academy, some of them are 

 laljelled " P. mordoreus," which I have not succeeded in finding. 



This bird may possibly be the adult of one of the plain plumaged species de- 

 scribed by Dr. Smith or Mr. Ruppel. 



Atticora hamigcray nobis. 



Form. Wings long, with the first primary longest and curved, several of the 



