19. DENDROCITTA. 7o 



1. Cryptorhina afra. 



La Pie du Senegal, Brm. Oni. ii. p. 40, pi. 3. fig. 2 ; Month. PI. Enl. 



538. 

 Corvus afer, Linn. S. X. i. p. 157 (rx B>-iss.). 

 Corvus senegalensis, Linnceiis, Si/st. Av. i. p. 158 (ex JBriss.). 

 Coracias nigra, Lnf/i. Lid. Orn. i. p. 172. 



Le Piacpiac, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 54 ; Sundei: Crit. om Levaill. p. 30. 

 Pica nigra, Vtcill. N. Diet. xxxi. p. 130. 

 Lanius acuticaudatus, Vieill. N. Did. t. c. p. 134. 

 Cryptorhina piacpiac, Wagler, S'l/st. Av. Cryptorhina, sp. 1 . 

 Cryptorhina poecilorhynchus, Wogler, t. c. sp. 2 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 9. 

 Ptilostomus senegalensis, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 135; liiip]). Syst. 



Uebers. p. 74 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 311 ; Bj). Consp. i. p. 3(59 ; 



Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 113; Antin. Cat.descr. Ucc.^. 58; Lnyard, 



B. S. Afr. p. 167; Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 491 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Afr. B. p. 37. 

 Ptilostomus puecilorhyncbus. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 311 ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 369 ; Cab. Mus. Hein.Th. i. p. 217 ; Llem/l. Syst. Uebers. p 35. 

 Glaucopis senegalensis, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 77. 



Adult male. General colour silky black, mth a slight purplish 

 gloss ; wing-coverts faintly glossed with green ; quills brown with 

 blackish tips, the secondaries glossy purplish black with indications 

 of bars under certain lights ; upper and under tail-coverts brown ; 

 tail brown, with indications of bars according to light ; under sur- 

 face not quite so glossy as the upper, the under wing-coverts brown ; 

 inner lining of quills ashy brown, paler near the bases ; bill black ; 

 feet leaden black ; iris crimson, with a slight shade of lilac. Total 

 length IT'S inches, culmen 1-35, wing 6-35, tail 11-2, tarsus 1-9. 



Female. Altogether smaller than the male, and distinguished by 

 the biU being yellow in life, tipped with black. Total length 12-5 

 inches, culmen 1-2.5, wing 5-9, tail 7'5, tarsus 1-7. 



Obs. The specimen from the White Nile is a much larger and 

 finer bird than any of the West-African ones. Total length 19 inches, 

 culmen 1-4, wing 0-6, tail 12, tarsus 1*9. 



Hab. North-eastern Africa and Senegambia. 



a. [S] ad. St. Afi-ica. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



6. [ 2 1 ad. sk. River Gambia. 



c. f c?1ad. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



rf. 15 ] ad. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq, 



e. fcJl ad. sk. White Nile. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



f. Skeleton. Zoological Society. 



19. DENDROCITTA. 



Type. 



Dendrocitta, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1833. p. 505 D. leucogastra. 



Crypsirhina, Swaius. Class. B. ii. p. 206 (1837) D. rufa. 



Vagabunda, Kaup, J.f. O. 1854, p. Iv D. rufa. 



Range. India and the Indo-Chinese countries, China, Hainan, 

 Formosa, Sumatra. 



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