12. NICATOR. 165 



16. Laniarius viridis. 



La Pie-grieche Perrin, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 124, pi. 286 ; Sunclev. 



Krit. Framst., Levaill. p. 50. 

 Lanius gutturalis, Duml. Ann. Mus. iii. p. 144, pi. 15 {nee Miiller) ; 



Shaio 8i' Noclder, JS'at. Misc. xvi. pi. 637. 

 Laniarius viridis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'J£ist. Nat. xiii. p. 300; id. Gal. 



Ois. i. pi. 14:5. 

 Tc-liagra gutturalis, Less. Traite, p. 373. 

 Laniarius gutturalis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 298 ; Ilartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 108 ; Sharpe ^ Boiw. Bxdl. Soc. Zuol. France, i. p. 46 ; Heichnw. 



J.f. O. 1877, p. 24. 

 Pelicinius gutturalis, Bp. C. JR. xxxviii. p. 534. 

 Malaconotus gutturalis, Stindev. Krit. Fratnst., Levail. p. 56. 

 Telephorus viridis, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 398, no. 6044. 

 Chloropboueus gutturalis, Bocage, Orn. d" Angola, p. 233. 



Adult male. General colour above and wings uniform green ; 

 tail entirely deep black ; forehead and superciliary region orange ; 

 lores and stripe along the sides of the neck black, passing gradually 

 into a very distinct black crescent ; chin, cheeks, and throat deep 

 crimson-colour ; on the upper part of the breast the black crescent 

 is followed by another narrower crimson crescent ; sides of breast, 

 flanks, and thighs rich green ; middle line of the breast and tho 

 whole abdomen chestnut-brown, basal half of the feathers yellowish ; 

 under tail-coverts maroon-colour ; " bill black." Total length 7'8 

 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-25, tail 3-4, tarsus 1*12. 



Hah. South-western Africa. 

 a. (S ad. sk. Landana, Congo. Dr. Lucau and M. Petit [C], 



12. NICATOR. 



Type. 

 Nicator, Finsch S,- Ilartl. Frig. Ostafr. p. 359 (1870) N. cbloris. 



Head of Nicator gidaris. 



Bill like that of Laniarius, but much more slender. Nostrils in a 

 coriaceous groove, semilunar, with a very clearly developed oper- 

 culum, partly exposed ; nasal and rictal bristles present. First pri- 

 mary about two thirds of the next one, which is very short : tip of 

 wing formed by fifth, sixth (seventh) primaries ; outer secondaries 

 rather long. Tail rounded and slightly longer than wing. Tarsus 

 covered with many transverse scales ; the two proximal phalanges 

 of the fourth toe united with the third toe. Plumage greenish and 

 yellow, with light yellow spots to the tips of all the wing-coverts 

 and secondaries. Length of wing about 4 inches. 



Range. Africa 



