90 TIMELIIDJE. 



Ohs. Another specimen, probably younger, is browner than the 

 one described, and has orange spots on the tips of the wing-coverts ; 

 bill pale brown. 



Eab. West Africa. Said to occur from Senegal to Gaboon ; but I 

 have never seen a specimen from any other country than Senegambia. 



a. Ad. St. West Africa. 



b. Ad. sk. West Africa. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Senegal. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



4. Cittocincla nigra. 



Cittocincla nigi-a, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Sor., Zool. new series, i. p. 335, 

 pi. hi. (1876) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 619 ; Wardlmu Ramsay, 

 Oni. Mem. Tweedd. pp. 614, 657 (1881). 



Adult male. General colour above black with a gloss of indigo- 

 blue ; wings black, the wing-coverts all like the back ; tail black 

 and strongly graduated, the four centre feathers black, the rest 

 white with black bases ; sides of face and body underneath entirely 

 blue-black ; sides of body and flanks spotted with white bases to 

 the feathers ; thighs black ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing- 

 coverts black ; " bdl, legs, and feet black ; iris very dark brown " 

 {A. Everett). Total length 9 inches, culmcn 0-7, wing 3-4, tail 4-6, 

 tarsus 1-05. 



Adult female. Like the male above, but of smaller size, and further 

 distinguished by its white abdomen and rufescent flanks ; " bill 

 black ; legs lead-grey ; iris dark brown " {A. Everett). Total length 

 7*2 inches, culmcn 0-6, wing 0-15, tail 3-6, tarsus 1. 



Hah. Island of Palawan in the Philippine archipelago. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Prof. J. B. Steere [C.]. 



5. Cittocincla albiventris. 



Kittacincla albiventris, Bhfth, J. A. S. Beng. xxvii. p. 269 (1859); 



Ball, Sir. F. 1873, p. 73 ;' Hume, op. cit. 1874, p. 232 ; Walden, Ibis, 



1873, p. 307_, pi. xii. fig. 1. 

 Copsj-chus albiventris, Sdoter, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 187. 

 Cittacincla albiventris, Benvan, This, 1867, p. 327. 

 Cercotricbas albiventris, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 99. 



Adult male. General colour glossy purplish black, the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts white ; wings dull black, the coverts glossed with 

 purple ; four centre tail-feathers black, the rest pure white, the 

 bases blackish ; throat and upper breast glossy purplish black like 

 the back : the rest of the under surface white, inclining to pale 

 orange-chestnut on the flanks, the under tail-coverts entirely pale 

 chestnut ; under wing-coverts pure white, as well as the base of the 

 inner web of the quills : " bill black ; legs and feet very pale 

 fleshy " {W. Davison). Total length 8'75 inches, culmen 0-(), wing 

 3-6, tail 4-5, tarsus 1-05. 



