56. SMITHORXIS. 389 



their inner webs, the secondaries buff; "upper mandible nearly 

 black, the under one pale ; tarsi and feet pale ; iris dark umber- 

 brown " {T. Ayres). Total length o"4 inches, culmen 0-6o, wing 2-9, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus 0-7. 



Ohs. Sir Andrew Smith in his description mentions the male as 

 having a black head, while the female has a slaty-grey crown with 

 brown stripes. The specimen described above shows that the adult 

 female has the head black ; and the grey-headed bird is therefore, in 

 all probability, immature. 



Hah. South-eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Natal. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Natal (T. Atjres). J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Smithornis rufllateralis. 



Smithoniis rufolateralis, Gray, P. Z. H. 1804, p. 14-3, pi. 16 ; id. 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 32o, no. 4867 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 43 ; id. 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 70 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 00. 



Aduli. Head and nape, as well as the feathers round the eye and 

 the ear-coverts, black ; round the hind neck a collar of rich orange- 

 chestnut ; mantle and scapulars olive-brown, washed slightly with 

 orange ; centre of the back black, mottled with white, all the feathers 

 being white with broad black tips; least wing-coverts olive-brown, 

 like the mantle ; rest of the wing-coverts black, all tipped with 

 white spots ; quills dark brown ; upper tail-coverts olive-brown ; 

 tail-feathers blackish, with paler tips ; lores white ; cheeks white, 

 streaked with black on the hinder part ; throat pure white, the chin 

 slightly spotted with black, of which there is a distinct moustachial 

 streak ; rest of under surface of body white, streaked with black, the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts unspotted ; on each side of the upper 

 breast a broad crescentic mark of bright orange-chestnut ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries white, the outermost of the greater series 

 black, forming a spot ; lower surface of quills dark brown, the pri- 

 maries white towards their bases ; bill black, the under mandible 

 yellow. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-35, tail 1-75, 

 tarsus 0"55. 



Two specimens want the black head, which is olive-brown like 

 the back, with dark brown stripes : on the back the black margins 

 are less broad, and the white shows more plainly. These are pro- 

 bably young birds. 



Hah. Confined to the Gold Coa.st, West Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Gold Coast. John Gould, Esq. 



(Type of species.) 

 h. Ad. sk. Gold Coast. .John Gould, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Fantee (^Governor Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. Ad. sk. Denkera. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 e,f. Juv. sk. Fantee (^Governor Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



