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22. Lamprocolius splendidus, (Vieillot.) 

 Turdus splendidus, Vieill. 



Lamprotornis chrysotis, Swains. B. of W. Af. i. p. 143, pi. 6. 



23. Lamprocolius purpureiceps, Verreaux. 



Lamprocolius purpureiceps, Verr. Rev. et. Mag. 1851, p. 418. 



24. Sycobius cristatus, (Vieillot.) 

 Malimbus cristatus, Vieill. 



Tanagra malembica, Daudin, Ann. du Mus. ii. p. 148. 



Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. 42. 



The adult of this species is very easily recognized, but the young is different. 

 In some specimens there is no appearance of the crest, and the entire head and 

 neck is of a dull brick red ; the other plumage dull browish black. In one speci- 

 men, evidently youug, the head above is of the same dull brownish black with 

 a few red feathers intermixed. 



25. Sycobius scutatus. Cassia. 



Sycobius scutatus, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philada. 



Jour. Acad. Philada., Quarto, i. pi. 41. 



Males only, precisely similar to those described as above cited. 



The female of this species bears some resemblance to that immediately 

 succeeding, but may at once be distinguished by its under tail coverts being 

 scarlet. 



26. Sycobius nitens, (J. E. Gray.) 



Ploceus nitens, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 7. (1842.) 

 Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. pi. 87, fig. 2. 



One of the most beautiful species of this genus. Mr. Gray's specimen figured 

 as above was scarcely as mature as several that are in the present collection. 



27. Sycobius RACHELiin;, nobis. 



Rather smaller than S. scutatus. General form short and rather heavy ; bill 

 stout ; wing moderate, third quill longest ; tail rather short. Total length about 

 52 inches, wing 3^, tail 2 inches. 



Head above bright reddish orange, a paler shade of which extends on to the 

 sides of the neck. Throat and cheeks black, which color includes the eyes. 

 Neck before and breast bright orange red, immediately fading into bright yellow 

 and extending on the sides further than on the middle of the breast. Entire upper 

 parts, wings and tail and abdomen deep black, which color on the abdomen 

 runs into a point on the middle of the lower part of the breast. Under tail 

 coverts yellow. Under wing coverts black. Bill and feet dark. 



Hab. River Muni, Western Africa. Discovered by Mr. P. B. DuChaillu. 



This is a beautiful and quite peculiar species in its colors and general appear- 

 ance. It is the only one in which the colors of the breast extend on the sides, 

 as may be seen in some species of Euplcctes (for instance in E. melanogaster (Lath.) 

 Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. 27). On the neck and breast the rich orange red is most 

 distinct immediately next to and below the black of the throat, and rather sud- 

 denly fades into bright and clear yellow on the sides of the breast. Two speci- 

 mens are in the collection. 



Not wishing nor ever intending to pursue science as a cold abstraction, nor 

 as an object of selfish ambition, I have named many birds in commemoration of 

 my friends, and hope to do so again. For this I have the example of the great- 

 est zoologists, and of none more conclusively than that of the greatfounder of mod- 

 era systematic Zoology, who applied this description ofnames, especially to genera 

 of plants, more extensively than any other naturalist has done in any depart- 

 ment of Natural History. 



By this token, I name the present beautiful bird after my loved and only 

 daughter. Should her pathway in the world be pleasant, may she know also the 

 great gratification that comes from the pursuit of Natural History ; but if like 

 her namesake of ancient days she shall go on her way weeping, may she have 



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