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3. Alethe castanonota. (Plate II.) 



Alethe castanonota, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 20 (1871); id. P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 607 ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 68. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above bright chestnut- 

 rufous, the wing-coverts like the back, but a little duUer : bastard 

 •wing and primary-coverts sepia-brown ; quills light sepia-brown, 

 primaries externally with a narrow rufous margin, broader on the 

 secondaries, the innermost of which are dull rufous-brown ; tail- 

 feathers dark brown, washed with rufous on their outer webs ; head 

 slightly crested, dark ash-colour ; lores and feathers in front of the 

 eye dusky blackish, relieved by a narrow line of dull white which 

 extends from the base of the nostril to above the eye ; ear-coverts 

 rufescent brown ; cheeks dull ashy ; under surface of body creamy 

 bufE, becoming whiter on the throat ; sides of the chest ashy grey ; 

 under wing-coverts like the breast ; axillaries tinged with sulphur ; 

 quills light brown below, buffy white, changing to rufous on the 

 edge of the inner webs. Total length 5"S inches, culmeu 0*7, 

 wing 3-6, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-9. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being mottled. The back 

 deep orange-chestnut, with blackish edges to the feathers : head 

 dusky black, streaked with rufous ; lores, eyebrow, and sides 

 of face rufous, streaked with dusky edges to the feathers ; throat 

 and breast orange-rufous, mottled with blackish edges to the fea- 

 thers ; rest of under surface creamy white ; wings and tail as iu 

 adult, except that the wing-coverts are mottled and coloured like 

 the back ; bill horn-brown, with the lower mandible and the edges 

 of the upper mandible yellow. 



Hah. The forest-region of the west coast of Africa, where it 

 ranges from Sierra Leone to the Gold Coast. 



a. Ad. sk. Sierra Leone. R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



h. Ad. sk. Fantee (Governor Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(Tvpe of species.) 



c. Ad. sk. Fantee (Governor Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. Ad. sk. Denkera. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Juv. .'k. Fantee (Aubimi), R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



4. Alethe striaticollis. 



Alethe striaticollis, Hartl. J. f. O. 18G0, p. 36 ; Gra!/, Hand-I. B. i. 

 p. 319, no. 4783 (1869). 



Above olive-brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts pale rufous ; 

 tail and wings brown ; sides of head dull ashy ; throat white 

 streaked with blackish ; breast and abdomen pale rufous, the under 

 wing-coverts uuiform ; tail uniform olive, dusky ; upper mandible 

 duskv. lower one whitish ; feet leaden grev. Total length 6" 3'", 

 bill 7|"', wing 2" 9'", tail 2" 9"', tarsus 9|'". (Hartlmib, I.e.) 



Hah. Gaboon. 



This species, with the wing and tail equal in length, seems hardly 

 to belong to the genus Aletlte. 1 have never seen a specimen. 



