48. TEBPSIPHONE, 



353 



appearing, and on the breast some white ones. In the peinxltimate 

 plumage the back is glossy black, the breast white, the centre tail- 

 feathers white, the rest of the tail-feathers black with the inner 

 webs white. From this stage the white gradually increases on the 

 back, wings, and tail, until the following adult plumage is reached. 



Adult male. General colour above white, the feathers with more 

 or less distinct black centres, generally taking the form of black 

 shaft-lines ; wing- coverts white, like the back ; primary-coverts 

 and primaries black narrowly edged with white, the secondaries 

 broadly margined with white on the outer web ; taU white, the two 

 centre feathers with black shafts nearly the whole way, the rest of 

 the tail-feathers with more or less black along the shaft and on the 

 outer web ; crown of head, crest, nape, sides of head, and throat 

 glossy steel-green ; remainder of under surface pure white, including 

 the under wing-coverts ; quills blackish below, white along the edge 

 of the inner web ; " bill pearly grey, blackish on the edges ; bare 

 eyelids clear blue; feet pearly grey; iris blackish" (^Grandidier). 

 Total length 10*2 inches, culmen 0'55,wing 3'15, tail 3"5, middle tail- 

 feathers 6"7, tarsus 0'6. 



Hah. Madagascar, Mayotte. 



a, b, c, d. (J ad. sk. 

 e,f. c? imm. sk. 

 ff. 5 ad.; h. (5 juv. sk. 

 i. cJ imm. sk. 



k. J ad. ; /, tn. J imm. sk. 



n. S imm. sk. 

 o. (S ad. sk. 



p. c? juv. sk. 

 q. $ ad. sk. 



Madagascar. 



Madagascar. 



N. Madagascar. 



S.E. Madagascar, Mch. 



1872. 

 N. Madagascar (Cross- 



ley). 

 Nossi Vola (Crosslei/). 

 Nossi Vola, Oct. 22, 



1809 (Crosslei/). 

 Madagascar (Crosslei/). 

 Madasrascar. 



M. Verreaux. 



M. Yerreaux. 



Mr. A. Crossley [C.l. 



Mr. A. Crossley [C.J. 



E. B. Sharps, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



5. Terpsiphone vnlpina. 

 Tchitrea vulpina, E. Neivton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 298, pi. 33. fig. 2. 



Adidt male (tj'pe of species). General colour above pale cinnamon, 

 the tail being entirely of this colour ; wing-coverts white, with black 

 bases ; quills black externally edged with white, the innermost 

 secondaries cinnamon ; crown of head, sides of face, and ear-coverts 

 dark steel-green, the nape also of this colour and forming a conspi- 

 cuous crest ; cheeks and entire under surface of body rich cinnamon, 

 as also the axUlaries ; under wing-coverts white ; quills black below, 

 white along the edge of the inner web. Total length 11 inches, 

 culmen 0-6.5, wing 3-1, tail 3-5, middle tail-feathers 7'7, tarsus 0"7. 

 (Mus. (Jantahr.) 



Adidt female. Similar to the m;Je, but with a shorter tail. Total 

 length 7"3 inches, wing 2-9, tail 3-S, tarsus 0-7. (Mus. Cantabr.) 



Hah. Johanna or Anjuan Island. 



Ohs. The differences pointed out by Mr. E. Newton between this 

 epceies and 2'. mutata are not sufficiently pronounced to distinguish 



