6. PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS. 21 



the secondaries and all but the five outer primaries ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts light chestnut ; tail-feathers light chestnut, with a little 

 dusky brown before the tip, the two centre feathers brown with 

 chestnut bases and along the shafts ; crown of head and nape black ; 

 a broad frontal band of white, continued along the sides of the 

 crown and occupying the sides of the hind neck, so as to form a 

 broad white patch ; base of forehead, lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, 

 and sides of neck black ; cheeks and under surface of body hght 

 chestnut, the lower abdomen whitish; sides of body, flanks, and 

 thighs light chestnut ; quills dusky brown below, the inner margin 

 ashy ; bill and feet black ; iris brown. Total length 5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-55, wing 2-45, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. General colour above ashy brown, the rump 

 reddish brown ; lesser wing-coverts ashy brown ; median and 

 greater series dusky brown, externally edged with the same brown 

 as the back, rufescent towards the tips of the feathers ; bastard-wing 

 feathers, primary-coverts, and quills dusky, externally edged with 

 ashy brown like the back, the secondaries rufescent on the outer 

 web ; upper tail-coverts chestnut ; centre tail-feathers brown, edged 

 with chestnut, remainder of the feathers chestnut ; crown of head 

 like the back ; lores fulvesceut : feathers round the eye whitish ; 

 ear-coverts chocolate-bro\vn ; cheeks and under surface of body 

 nifous, obscured by ashy brown edges ; throat more ashy ; abdomen 

 whiter ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs a little brighter chestnut ; 

 under tail-coverts light chestnut, edged with whitish ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries pale yellowish chestnut ; quills dusky below, 

 the inner edge ashy. Total length -i-8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 

 2-Q, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah. N.W. Africa from. Tunis to Morocco ; crossing into Southern 

 Spain. 



a. iS ad. sk. Algeria. Purchased. 



h. c? ad. sk. Khifon M'Sakta, Algeria, F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



April 12, 1857 (O. S.). Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. $ ad.sk. Oued Souf, Algeria, Jan. 3, F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



1857 (O. S.). Esqrs. [P.]. 



d. cJ ad. sk. Oudena, Tunis, Feb. 18, F« D. Godman and O. Salvin, 



1857(0.6'.). Esqrs. [P.]. 



6. PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS. 



Coss^i^ha, pt., Hartl. et auct. plvr. 



Bill of rsctidocossyphus i^karpii. 

 Range. Confined to Madagascar. 



