300 MtrsciCAi'iD^. 



head crested, bright steel-green, as also the sides of the head and 

 the throat ; sides of neck grey, glossed with steel-green ; lesser and 

 median wiug-coverts dark grej% glossed with steel-green ; greater 

 series black, slightlj* edged with greenish and narrowly tipped with 

 white, the innermost of this series white on the outer web, forming 

 a conspicuous white longitudinal patch with the innermost secon- 

 daries, which are entirely pure white, all the rest of the quills black- 

 ish ; tail blackish, undulated with dusky under certain lights, the 

 outer webs of the feathers w'ashed with grey ; under surface of body 

 white, the bases of all the feathers greyish, the Hanks also slightly 

 washed with grey ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, the 

 outermost coverts and the edge of the wing grey ; "bill, tarsi, and 

 feet slate-colour ; iris dusky " (F. A. Barratt). Total length, 5'2 

 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 2'6, tail 3*1, tarsus 0*7. 



Adult femnU. Differs from the male in having the back washed 

 with olive-brown, as also the sides of the face ; crown of head 

 slightly crested and metallic greyish steel-blue ; lores and cheeks 

 whitish, mottled with grey bases to the feathers ; under surface of 

 body white, the flanks washed with olive-brown ; the throat also 

 white, mottled with greyish bases to its feathers. Total length o-8 

 inches, wing 2-6, tail 3'1, tarsus 0'7. 



Young. Olive-brown above ; the greater wing-coverts broadly 

 tipped with ochraceous, as also the secondaries ; quills and tail dark 

 brown : crown greyish, without any perceptible gloss ; under sur- 

 face of body whitish, the breast and flanks washed with brown, the 

 throat mottled with dusky bases to the feathers. 



Hah. South Africa. 



a. Juv. sk. George, South Africa R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



{II. At more). 



b, e, d. S ad. sk. Knysna, Feb. 1866 (C. J. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Anderssoii). 



e. $ ad. sk. Knysna, Dec. 17, 1865 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C J. Andersson). 



f. 5 juv. sk. Knysna, Feb. 2, 1866 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C J. Aiiders&on), 



g. 5 ad. sk. Knysna. C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C.]. 

 h. S ad. sk. Peri Bush near King- Lieut. Trevelyan [P.]. 



wiUiamstown. 



». Juv. sk. Near Kingwilliamstown. Lieut. Anstey [P.]. 



k. cJ ad. sk. Macamac, Sept. 22, 1874. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C.]. 



I. c? ad. St. Natal. Zoological Society. 



m. (S ad. St. Natal. Purchased. 



2. Trochocercus nitens*. 



Trochocercus nitens, Cassin, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 50; id. 

 Journ. Acad. Philad. 2nd series, vol. iv. 4to, p. 325, pi. 50. fig. 4 ; 



* TKOCHOCEECnS, sp. 



Trochocercus ?, Cassin, Pr. Phil. Acad. 1859, p. 51. 



" Several specimens of young birds from the Camma seem to indicate a third 



