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9. Terpsiphone tricolor. 



Muscipeta tricolor, Fraser, Ann. X. II. xii. p. 441 ; id. P. Z. S. 1843, 



p. 4 ; Allen ^- Thorns. Exped. Niger, ii. p. 492 j Bp. Consp. i. 



p. u2o. 

 Tcliitrea tricolor, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 260 ; HaHl. 0)~n. W.-Afr. p. 90, 



no. 274. 

 Muscipeta flaviventris, Vetr. J. f. 0. 1855, p. 10-3 ; Cass. Pr. Philad. 



Acad. 1859, pp. 47, 49. 

 Tcliitrea flaviventris, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 91, no. 278 ; Cass. Pr. 



Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 59; Hai-tl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 168; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. p. 333, no. 5011. 

 Tchitrea bicolor {err.), Hartl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 167. 

 Terpsiphone tricolor, Pimch ^- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 311, note ; 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 610 ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 22. 



Adult male. General colour above blue-grey, the wing-coverts 

 coloured like the back, the secondaries also ; the primaries blackish, 

 externally blue-grey ; taU-feathers dull bluish grey, the inner webs 

 ashy ; head crested, glossy steel-black, as also the sides of the face 

 and the throat, the latter somewhat duller and more ashy ; rest of 

 under surface of body, from the throat downwards, rich orange- 

 chestnut, including also the under wing- coverts ; " bill and feet 

 pale blue " (Fraser). Total length 9 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3'15, 

 taU 3-5, middle feathers 5-1, tarsus 0"65. 



Adult female. Wants the bright orange-colour of the breast, which 

 is not so richly coloured, being simply orange ; the long middle tail- 

 feathers wanting ; head not so glossy and duUer, more greyish ; sides 

 of breast slightly washed with grey. Total length 6*6 inches, wing 

 2-95, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. "West Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Clarence, Fernando Po. L. Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 h,c. cJ ; d, e. $ ad. sk. Cameroons Mountains R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 

 (A. Crossley). 



f. cj ad. sk. Gaboon (I>u Chaillu). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



g. (S ad. sk. Gaboon. 



10. Terpsiphone nigriceps. 



Velvet-headed Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. vi. p. 198. 



Tchitrea nigriceps, Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, pp. 355, 361 (ex Temm. MSS. 



in Mus. Lugd.) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 91, no. 277; Cass. Pr. Philad. 



Acad. 1869, pp. 47, 49; Hartl' J.f. O. 1861, p. 168; Sharpe, Ibis, 



18G9, p. 188 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 333, no. 5014. 

 Terpsiphone nigriceps, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 306 ; Finsch ^- Hartl. 



I'dq. Ostafr. p. .311, note ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 44, no. 417 ; 



Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 61. 



Adult male. General colour above bright orange-chestnut, the 

 tail-feathers the same, paler on the inner webs ; scapulars and 

 wing-coverts like the back, the greater series black on the inner 

 web ; bastard wing, primary-coverts, and primaries black ; the 

 secondaries black, externally edged with orange-chestnut, the inner- 

 most entirely of the latter colour ; head and nape aU round, in- 



