352 TIMELIID.^. 



1. Hypergerus atriceps. 



Moho atriceps, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 04G (1831). 



Crateropus orioloides, Stcains. B. XT'. Afr. i. p. 280, pi. 31 (1837) ; 



Ilartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 300. 

 Crateropus atriceps, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 22-1 (1846) ; Bp. C'onsp. i. 



p. 278 (1850); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 281, no. 414G (1869). 

 Ilypergerus atriceps, Meichenh. Syst. Nat. pi. liv. fig. 9 (1850) ; 



'Marti. Orii. TJ'estafr. p. 80 (1854) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 24 



(1807) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 69. 

 HypocLloreus atriceps, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 85, note (1850). 



Adult. General colour above olive-yellowish ; tail of the same 

 colour as the back but a little more olivo-browu along the inner 

 webs ; wing-coverts like the back, the quills dark brown, externally 

 olive-yellowish, the inner secondaries entirely of this colour ; crown 

 of head and nape black, with hoary grey margins to the feathers, 

 imparting a scaly appearance, which extends onto the sides of the 

 liead behind the car-coverts ; lores black ; ear-coverts hoarj^ grey 

 with black centres ; checks and entire throat black, with a few hoary 

 grey edges to the feathers of the former and some of the lower 

 throat-feathers ; remainder of under surface deep yellow, inclining 

 to deep fawn-colour on the under taU-coverts ; thighs duller yellow ; 

 sides of body and flanks olive-yeUowish ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries deep yellow, as also the edge of the wing ; some of the 

 lower coverts with a tinge of fawn-colour ; quiUs light brown below, 

 whity brown along the edge of the inner web, which has also a 

 yellowish tinge. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 3-2, 

 tail 3-6, tarsus 1-1. 



Uah. West Afi-ica from Senegambia to the Gold Coast. 



a. Ad. sk. River Gambia. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Accra (Capt. Haynes). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



10. BABAX. 



Babax, David, Journ. 3me E.vpl. Chine, i. p. 181 



(1876) B. lanceolatu'?. 



Head of Babax Janeeohtus. 

 Ranrje. China, 



1. Babax lanceolatus. 



Pterorhinus lanceolatus, J. Vcrr. N. Arch. Mas. vi. Bull. p. 36 (1871), 

 vii. p. 40, pi. 2 (1872). 



