31. CEATEEOPTTB. 483 



southwards to the Goa frontier. It occurs above the Western Ghats, 

 but becomes gradually less common. 



a. Ad. sk. Deccan (Si/7ces) , India Museum. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Matheran, Bombay, Feb. 4, Major Hayes Lloyd [P.], 



c. Ad. sk. Western Ghats (Coitssmakcr). Gould Collection. 



15. Crateropus atripennis. 



Crateropus atripennis, Sivains. B. TV. [Afr. i, p. 278 (1837) ; Oray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 224 (1846) ; Bji. Consp. i. p. 278. 

 Phyllauthus capuziuus, Less. Echo du Monde Savant, 1844, p. 1165 ; 



id. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 303 (1847). 

 Garrulax poliocephalus, BlytJi, Ibis, 1865, p. 46 (wee Blyth, Ibis, 



1870, p. 171) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 282, no. 4168 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above purplish brown, inclining to maroon- 

 brown on the lower back and rump; scapulars and lesser wing- 

 coverts purplish brown washed with maroon, the median and greater 

 coverts more plainly washed with the latter colour ; bastard wing 

 and primary-coverts plain sepia-brown ; quills dark brown, the pri- 

 maries externally reddish brown, the inner secondaries more broadly 

 edged and the innermost almost entirely of a reddish-brown shade ; 

 tail-feathers dusky brown, washed with maroon near the base ; 

 head and neck all round, throat, and chest hoary grey, the feathers 

 of the forehead and crown edged with paler hoary grey ; lores, eye- 

 lid, and feathers below the fore part of the eye black, as also a 

 small spot at the base of the lower mandible ; remainder of under 

 surface of body maroon-brown, purplish brown on the breast, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts ; axillaries maroon-brown ; under wing- 

 coverts purplish brown, slightly washed with maroon : under sur- 

 face of quiUs brown, narrowly edged with lighter brown along the 

 inner web. Total length 9 inches, culmeu 0*95, wing 4-85, tail 

 3-7, tarsus 1-4. 



Hah. West Africa, where it ranges from Senegambia to Cape 

 Palmas. 



16. Crateropus haynesii. (Plate XI.) 



Crateropus atripennis (iwn Sw.), Ilartl. Orn. IF.-A/r.f. 79 (1857); 



Gray, ILtnd-l. B. i. p. 280, no. 4131 (I860). 

 ? Garrulax rubi^inosus, Blyth, Ibis, 1865. p. 46 ; Grni/, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 282, no. 4167 (1809) ; Blyth, Ibis,' 1670, p. 171 {nee Cratero 



pus rubiginosus, Rilpp.). 

 Crateropus haynesii, Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 415, 



Adult (type of species). Similar to C. atripetmis, but distinguished 



2i2 



