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14. BRADYORNIS. 



Type. 

 Bradornis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. pi. cxiii. (1847) . . B. mariquensis. 



Melanopepla, Cab. Mns. Hein. i. p. 54 (1850) B. ater. 



Sigelus, Cab. t. c. p. 68 (1860) B. silens. 



Bradyornis, Sandev. Ofv. K. Vet. Akad. Fork. 1860, 



p. lOG (nom. emend.) B. mariquensis. 



Claw and head of Uradi/omis mariquensis. 

 liange. Confined to Africa. 



Ketj to the Sjjecies. 



a. Upper surface ashy or clear brown, not black. 



a'. Above light brown, uniform ; under surface duU 



white ; imder wing-coverts white mariquensis, p. 308. 



6'. Above light brown, uniform ; under wing- 

 coverts light fawu-colour ; throat white. 

 a". Breast pale fawn-buff ; under tail-coverts 



whitish, washed with liglit fawn-buff .... palUdus, p. 310. 

 b". Breast ashy fulvous ; under tail-coverts clear 



fawn-colour modestus, p. 310. 



c'. Above olive-brown ; under wing-coverts yel- 

 lowish buff, the throat and breast also pale 



yellowish buff: abdomen whitish xooodwardi, p. 311. 



d'. Above ashy chocolate ; under wing-coverts also 

 ashy brown like the breast and throat, the 

 latter being a little paler cliocolatina, p. 311. 



b. Upper surface black. 

 e'. Below white. 



e". Lower back and rump black silens, p. 312. 



d". Lower back and mmp white sener/alensis, p. 313. 



/'. Below black. 



a'". General colour glossy blue-black above 

 and below ; quills deep black below, 



rather browner on the inner web ater, p. 314. 



b'". General colour dull black, rather asliy in 

 appearance ; inner linings of quills ashy 

 black, the inner webs light ashy diabolicus, p. 314. 



1. Bradyornis mariquensis*. 



Bradornis mariquensis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. pi. cxiii. ; £p. Consp. 

 i. p. 267. 



* A second species. Brndi/nrni^ mnjnr. is named hy Bonaparte (Oonsp. i. 



