358 jirscicAPiD^. 



Platystira perspicillata, Gi-ay, Gen. B. i. p. 257. 



Terpsiphone cnstata, Cah. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 39 ; Finsch ^- Hartl. 



Vik/. Osfafr. p. 304; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 446, note ; Boeage, 



Oni. Angola, p. 191. 

 Muscipeta cristata (nee Gm.), Licht. Noniend. p. 19 ; Cass. Pr. Philad. 



Acad. 1859, p. 49; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 319. 

 Muscicapa perspicillata, Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 26. 

 Tchitrea perspicillata, Gwneg, Ibis, 1862, p. 29. 

 Tcliitrea ferreti (tiec Guer.), Bianc. Spec, Zool. Mosamh. fasc. viii. 



p. 321. 

 Tchitrea viridis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 333, no. 5010 ; Giimey in 



Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 130. 

 Terpsiphone viridis, Sharpe, P, Z. S, 1871, p. 1-33 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 344, no. 415. 



Adult male. General colour above bright chestnut, the tail entirely 

 chestnut, with dark red shafts ; wing-coverts also chestnut, like the 

 back, the primarj'-coverts and quills blackish on the inner web, 

 chestnut on the outer one, the innermost secondaries entirely chestnut, 

 like the back ; head, which is much crested, glossy steel-green, as 

 well as the sides of the face and throat ; rest of under surface of 

 body leaden grey, the steel-green colour of the throat descending 

 upon the fore neck, the feathers of which are edged with the latter 

 colour ; thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts pure white ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, shghtly washed with chestnut near 

 the base ; coverts near the edge of the wing dull chestnut, mottled 

 with bro-^vn bases to the feathers ; lower surface of quills blackish, 

 the inner web reddish along the edge ; " bill grey, tipped with black ; 

 wattled eyelids of a bright greyish blue ; legs grey ; iris dark 

 brown " (Shelley), Total length 14 inches, culmen 0"7, wing 3'25, 

 tail 3-5, long central tail-feathers 11-2, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in wanting the two long tail- 

 feathers. The colours are altogether duller and paler, the head 

 dusky leaden grey, and the throat and under surface dull grey, with 

 no green gloss anywhere, excepting a little on the crown ; the chest 

 slightly washed with brown on the sides ; soft parts in the female 

 as in the male. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0*7, Aving 3*05, tail 

 3-2, tarsus 0-65. 



Young males resemble the females, but have longer tail-feathers. 

 In the adults, according to Dr. Kirk, the long rectrices are lost in 

 the dry season. 



Hab, Southern and South-western Africa. 



«, b, $ ad. sk. Knysna, Feb. 1866 (C, J, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Andersso')i), 



c, cJ ad. sk. Natal. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d,e. c? $ ad. sk. Natal. Dr. Gueiuzius [C.J. 



/. $ ad. sk. Rustenberg. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [0.]. 



q. c? juv. sk. Zambesi (Melhr'). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



h. $ ad. sk. Tette, Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



«'. cJ juv. sk. Elephant Vley, Damara R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Land, Oct. 28, 18-59 



(C. J. Andersson^. 



k. (S juv. sk. Angola (Hamilton). R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



