10. XENOCrCHLA. 101 



with yellowish shaft-linos ; wing-covcrts like the back, the quills 

 brown, externally yellowish olive like the back, the secondaries 

 almost entirely of the latter colour ; tail-feathers olive-brown, olive- 

 yellow on the outer webs ; lores dull whitish : oar-coverts olive, 

 with whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks and throat dull white, washed with 

 yellow ; fore neck and sides of body olivo-yellow, the centre of the 

 breast and abdomen rich yellow, deepening into fulvous on the 

 under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries bright yellow ; 

 quills brown, yellow along the edge of the inner web ; bill reddish 

 brown. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3*5, tail 3, 

 tarsus 0"8. 



Obs. Some specimens have tolerably distinct yellowish shaft- 

 streaks on the breast-feathers, and the intensity of the under tail- 

 coverts varies with individuals, deepening in some almost to fawn- 

 colour. A skin from Ashantee appears to be immature, as it has 

 some rufous-brown feathers on the nape, and is altogether duUei* in 

 colour. 



The Red-bilk'd 1ju1])u1 inbalnts the forests of West Africa, from 

 the Gold Coast to the Congo. 



M. Verreaux. (T^'pe 



of species.) 

 M. Verreaux. 

 R. E. Sharps, Esq. 

 J. Gould, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 A. Swanzy, Esq. 



9. Xenocichla syndactyla. 



Dasvcephala syndactyla, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 201 ; id. Classif. 



n. ii. p. l'29 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 203. 

 Trichopliorus syndactylus, Hartl. J. f. O. ISoi, p. 25 ; id. Orn. W.- 



Afr. pp. 86, 272. 

 Bleda syndactyla, Bj). Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1857 (teste Hartlaub). 

 Xenocichla syndactylus, Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 18o!), p. 44: ; Hein", 



J.f. O. 1800, p. l;38 ; Ilartl. J. f. O. 18G1, p. 1G.5. 

 Criniger syndactylus, Fimch, J.f. O. 18(57, p. 27 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 275, no. 4042 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 68. 



Adult male. General colour dark olive-green, the head darker and 

 of a more olive-green shade, the lower back more reddish ; upper 

 tail-coverts and tail deep chestnut ; wing-coverts like the back, the 

 greater series more dusky brown, externally olive-green, much paler 

 on the out(^r edge of the primaries ; a pale yellow loral spot ; eyebrow 

 and a few superciliary feathers yellowish white, forming an indistinct 

 eyel)row : checks blackish, slightly washed with olive ; ear-coverts 

 dusky olive-green ; moustachial line, throat, and centre of body 

 yellow, the sides of the breast and flanks olive-green, darker on the 

 former ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dull yellow ; quills dusky 

 brown below, ashy along the inner web. Total length 8-6 inches, 

 culmen 1-05, wing 4-45, tail iJ'Oo, tarsus l-Oo. 



A bird from Fuutee is a little clearer brown on the wing, the 



