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Crateropus jardinii (mn Smith), Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 105 ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 108 ; Ileiir/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 394 (1870). 

 Crateropus ciuereus, Ileuyl. Syst. Ucbers. p. 30 ; id. J. f. O. 1862, 



p. 300. 

 Crateropus kirtii, SJiarpe, cd. Lm/ard's B. S. Afr. p. 213 (1875) ; 



Bociuie, Orn. Anr/ola, p. 2.50 (1877) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 226 ; 



Shelki/, F. Z. S. 1881, p. 575. 



Adult. Similar to C. jardinii, but with the ear-coTerts uniform 

 dai'k ashy brown, as well as the cheeks, which are not tipped with 

 grey streaks ; the feathers of the crown and neck are also tipped 

 more plaiuly with grey than in the allied species ; " iris bright 

 red " (KirJi-) ; '•'-bill black ; feet bluish brown ; iris yellow" {HewiJin). 

 Total length 7'8 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-85, tail 3-85, tarsus 1-25. 



Sexes similar (^R'dpj)ell). 



Hah. Xorth-eastern Africa from Kordofan to the Gazelle river 

 and probably down the whole of Eastern Africa to the Zambesi. I 

 think that Capt. Speke's specimens from Uzinza must have belonged 

 to this species, and not to 0. jardinii. C. cinereus is now con- 

 sidered by Heuglin to be a small race with a pearl-coloured eye. 

 A specimen in the Basle Museum, obtained by Kiis at Aguapim, 

 has been kindly lent by Prof. Eiitimeyer. I believe it to be the 

 true C. plehdus of Eiippell ; it is very much darker than the type 

 of C. lirJcii, the only specimen T have to compare with it. Whether 

 the bird in the Basle Museum has become bleached, and looks paler 

 on that account, I cannot say ; but if it is of the normal colour of 

 C. plebeias, then C. lirlii wUl certainly be a recognizable dark race. 



a. Ad. sk. Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [P.]. (Type 



of C. kirkii.) 



6. Crateropus hjrpostictus. 



Crateropus hypostictus, Cah. ^- Reiclien. J.f. O. 1877, pp. 25, 103. 



Very like C. pleheius, but smaller and having blackish lores. 

 {^Cabanis ^' Beichen.) 



ITah. Loango coast, W. Africa. 



7. Crateropus leucocephalus. 



Turdoides leucocephala, Cretzschm. in Riipp. Atl. Taf. 4 (1826). 

 Crateropus leucocephalus, Biipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 60, no. 198 (1845); 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 224 (1846); Bp. Cons]}. i. p. 278 (1850); 



Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 85 (18-50); Heuyl. Syst. Uebers. p. 30, 



no. 281 (1856) ; id. J. f. 0. 1862, p. 300; Antin. Cat. descr. p. 43 



(1864) ; Ilartiu. J. f. O. 1864, p. 148; Heuqlin, Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



p. 391 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 280, uo. 41.34 (1869) ; 



Blanf. Geol. &> Zool. Abyss, p. 372 (1870) ; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. 



p. 244 (1870) ; S/uirpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 24, no. 222 (1871) ; Antin. 



^- Salmd. Viayg. Bogos, p. 106 (1875). 



Adult male. General colour above pale earthy brown, the lower 

 back and rump rather lighter and more ochraceous, and the uj^per 



