120 laniidj:. 



thighs light chcstnut-rcd, edged and tipped with white ; bill black, 

 feet dark ashj- in the skin. 



AduU female. Above like the adult male, but the head and hind 

 neck lighter ; tail like that of the male, but having the central pair 

 almost entirely chestnut-red, only just tipped with grey ; under- 

 surface creamy white, more reddish on the breast and flanks, want- 

 ing the black of the male entirely ; under wing-coverts and thighs 

 light rufous ; " bill black, nearer the base whitish ; feet obscure 

 ashy" (ISchitcr). 



Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-75, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-8. 



Bab. Madagascar. 



a. 6 ad. sk. Noce Vola, Nov. 13, 1869 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(^4. Crossley). 



b. Ad. sk. Saralalan, N. Madagascar, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 Nov. 18, 1869 {A. Crossley). 



Saralalan (Crossley). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Saralalan, Nov. 18, 1869 F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



{Crossley). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



Madagascar. Purchased. 

 Madagascar. 



Ankal'aua forest, March 9, Rev. "VV. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



1881. 



i. $ ad. sk. Aualatsoi, Nov. 18, 1880. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



9. TELOPHONUS. 



Tjpe. 



Pomatorhynchus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 973 (wee 



Horsfield !) T. erythroptevus. 



Telopbonus, Sioains. Class. B. ii. p. 219 (1837) . . T. ervthropterus. 



Telephouus (pt.), Bp. C. A. p. 361 (1850) T. seuegalus. 



Harpolestes, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 70 (1850) T. erythroptenis. 



Bill strongly bent, hooked and notched ; nostrils oval, non-opercu- 

 lated, in front of a coriaceous groove, quite exposed, but the groove 

 covered with short feathers ; no nasal, but a few strong rictal bristles 

 present. First primaiy well developed ; whole wing short and 

 much rounded, the ti]) being formed by the fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 primaries (in T. senegdus 3, 4, 5). Tail equal to or somewhat 

 longer than wings, much graduated. Tarsi in front covered with 

 transverse scales. Colour of biU always jet-black. Principal coloiu's 

 black, whitish, and chestnut-brown, the latter always being the 

 colour of the wing-coverts. Most of the species have a longitu- 

 dinal black streak through the eye. Red, green, blue, and yellow 

 colours are not found in the plumage. No external clifFereuce between 

 the two sexes. 



Range. Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Crown of head black. 



«' Central pair of tail-feathers black ; under- 

 parts ochraceous 

 a". Black patch on each shoulder tnintdus, p. 128. 



