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always be told by the fulvous edgings to the wings and wing-coyerts ; 

 the underparts are dusky white, the flanks conspicuously greyish. 

 Hab. Western Africa. 



River Gambia. 

 (1. Juv. sk. River Gambia. R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



River Gambia (Lai/ard). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Sierra Leone (L. Fraser). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 c^ juv. sk. Fantee. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



CapeCoiist(II.F.Blissett). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Elmina, May 1872 (H. F. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Blissett). 

 Yancoomame {H.F.Blis- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



sett). 

 Connor's Hill, Cape Coast, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Nov. 12th, 1870 (Goyer- 

 nor Usslier). 



n d ad. sk. Sweet River, Fantee, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Dec. 30, 1870 (Gover- 

 nor Ussher). 

 o,p. d 2 ad. ; q. Juv. sk. Abeokuta {H. Rohin). F. Nicholson, Esq. 



r, s. (S ad., 2 juv. sk. Cameroons {A. CrossUy). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



2. Platystira albifrons. 



Platystira melanoptera, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 566 (tiec Gm.). 

 Platystira albifrons, Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 159 ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, 

 p. 196. 

 Adult male. Similar to P. cyanea, but distinguished by a white 

 line across the forehead. Total length 4-8 inches, culmen 0-6, 

 wing 2-3, tail 2, tarsus 0-75. 

 Bab. Angola. 



a. Ad. sk. River Loge, Angola. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 6. Ad. sk. River Loge. J. J. "Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Platystira peltata. 



Platystira peltata, Sitridev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 105 ; Larjard, B. S. Afr. p. 142 ; Grmj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 329 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 160, pi. iv. ligs. 2, 3; id. ed. Lagard B. S. 

 Afr. p. 345, no. 333. 



Adult male. Above rifle-green, the lower back and rump rather 

 more greyish ; wing-coverts rifle-green like the back ; quills blackish, 

 the primaries margined with grey, the secondaries with rifle-green ; 

 tail black, glossed with greenish above and just tipped with white ; 

 sides of face and pectoral band rifle-green ; rest of under surface 

 white, the flanks shaded with greyish ; axillary tuft rifle-green ; under 

 wing-coverts white, the edge of the wing rifle-green; eye-wattle 

 Bcarlet ; bill black ; iris yellow. Total length 4-9 inches, culmen 

 0-6, wing 2-55, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but more grey on the back ; 



