14. liRADYORNlSI. 31.1 



Young. Chocolate-bi'own above, all the feathers mottled with 

 buff)- whitish, and terminally edged with dark brown ; upper wing- 

 and tail-coverts edged with rufous ; ear-coverts brown, longitudi- 

 nally streaked with fulvous ; under surface of body dull white, the 

 feathers mottled with narrow edgings of dark brown, the sides of 

 the ujiper breast rather more rufous ; under wing-coverts white, 

 with dusky bases ; quills brown below, with white bases to the 

 feathers, the alar speculum and the white margins to the secondaries 

 very distinct ; tail-feathers blackish brown, with the same white 

 bases to the outer feathers as in the adult, but not so extended ; the 

 tips of all the feathers also white. 



Adult mule. General colour above glossy black, all the feathers 

 with ashy-grey bases ; wing-coverts black like the back ; quills 

 black, the inner primaries white at the base of both webs, forming 

 a large alar speculum, the outer secondaries white along their outer 

 margin, forming a longitudinal bar down the wing ; two centre tail- 

 feathers black, all the other feathers white with a black terminal 

 band, the base of the inner web also dusky blackish ; lores, sides of 

 face, and sides of neck black ; cheeks and under surface of body 

 didl white, the flanks greyish ; under wing-coverts white, the quills 

 black below, white at the base of the inner webs ; " bill and feet 

 black; iris dark hazel" (T. E. BiicMeif). Total length 7 inches, 

 culmen 0-o5, wing 3-6, tail '3'2, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Brown where the male is black, the alar speculum 

 not so distinct, and the outer edges of the secondaries also not so 

 broadly white, the white on the outer tail-feathers also not so ex- 

 tended ; under surface of body duU ashy white, the under wing- 

 coverts whitish with brown bases ; greater series of under wing- 

 coverts brown, edged with white. Total length G-5 inches, wing 

 4-5, tail 'i-2, tarsus 0*9.5. 



Hab. South Africa, 



a. [ cf ] ad. St. South Africa. Purchased. 



6. [ ? ] ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



c, il. 2 imm. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [0.1. 



e. Juv. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



/. (^ ad. sk. Natal. Dr. (rueinzius [C.]. 



ff. Ad. sk. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 June20, 1876(r..4ym). 



7. Bradyornis seuegalensis. 



Sigelus senegaleusis, Hcirtl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 112. 

 Bradyornis seuegaleusis, Ilartl. J.f. O. 18.59, p. 325. 

 Melsenoruis seuegalensis, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 288. 



Above black, with scarcely any metallic gloss ; wings and tail 

 rather more dusky ; a little streak between the nostrils and the 

 feathers of the upper part of the eyebrow white : back and rump, 

 entire under surface of body, and under wing- and t;dl-eoverts, 

 white ; quills margined with white at the base of the inner web ; 



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