46 TIMELIIDiE. 



Cossypha swainsoni, Heugl. J. f. 0. 1869, p. 148. 

 Bessonornis verticalis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 265, no. 3871 (1869). 

 Bessornis swainsoni, Sewjl. Oiii. N.O.-Afr, i. p. 377, Ap^j. p. ciii 

 (1871). 



Adult. Back and scapulars deep slaty black ; round the hind 

 neck a collar of orange feathers ; lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts also bright orange ; crown of head white ; forehead, side of 

 crown, and sides of face black ; cheeks, sides of neck, and entire 

 under surface of body deep orange ; wings black, all the feathers 

 margined with slaty blue, brighter than on the back ; two centre 

 tail-feathers black, the rest of the tail bright orange, the outermost 

 feather margined externally with black ; bill blackish ; feet dark 

 brown (in skin) ; " iris brown" {Shelley). Total length 7'5 inches, 

 culmen 0*65, wing 3-85, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-15. 



Yoimg. Mottled all over the upper surface with orange feathers, 

 each narrowly margined with blackish, all the wing-coverts with a 

 terminal orange spot ; quills blackish, washed externally with 

 greyish olive ; lower back, rump, and tail as in adult, the orange 

 somewhat paler ; under surface of body yellowish buff, with narrow 

 margins of brown to all the feathers. The adult dress is gained by 

 a direct moult ; but it would seem to be some time before the white 

 crown is assumed. A young bird just getting his tail appears to 

 have all the feathers tipped with black. 



Hah. West Africa, from Senegambia to the river Niger, extending 

 across to the Djur Negro country in North-eastern Africa. 



'a,h. Ad. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c, d. Jviv. ; e. Pull. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



f. Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



g. Ad. sk. Denkera, Jan. 1872 {H. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



F. BUssett). 



h, i. Ad. sk. Accra {Smith). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



k, I. Ad. ; m. Pull. sk. Abeokuta {H. Robin). F. Nicholsou, Esq. [P.]. 



n. Ad. sk. River Niger {Dr. Baikie). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



16. Cossypha melanonota. 



Cossypha verticalis {non Hartl.), Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, 

 p. 42 ; Heiyie, J.f. O. 1860, p. 12S; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 163. 



Bessoruis melanonota, Cah. J. f. O. 1875, p. 235 ; Reichen. J. f. O. 

 1877, p. 30. 



Cossypha melanonota, Sharpie 4' Bouvier, Bidl. Soc. Zool. France, 

 1877, p. 477; Bucage, Orn. Angola, ii. p. 552 (1881), 



Adult female. Back black, with a slight tinge of grey ; lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts orange-rufous ; wing-coverts 

 black, edged with dark slaty grey ; quills black, externally edged 

 vrith slaty grey, lighter on the primaries ; two centre tail- 

 feathers black, the remainder orange-rufous, with a broad black 

 edging to the outer web of the external feather; crown of head 

 white, more or less mottled with black bases to the feathers ; 

 base of forehead, lores, sides of crown, feathers round the eye. 



