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about this time (1807), as given by writers generally, Temminck calls the 

 species Textor vialimhus ; but, so far as I am concerned, this name cannot 

 stand, for two reasons. One is that I have been unable to find it published 

 anywhere by Temminck, and suppose his name is merely a manuscript one 

 in the Leyden Museum, and therefore not to be considered ; and another is 

 that his term is a repetition of the name of the genus to which the bird 

 belongs, and therefore could not be used, even if I should find it, on account 

 of its liability to create confusion. Swainson, in his ' Menagerie,' in 1838, 

 regularly described this species and called it Floeeus rubricollis, and by this 

 specific name the bird should hereafter be known. In 184:2 Fraser, in the 

 ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' gave to it the name of Eiiplcctes 

 rufuvelatus ; and in the ' Ibis,' 1859, I bestowed upon the unfortunate 

 creature the term Sycobius nuchalis. It is well figured by Fraser m his 

 ' Zoologia Typica,' and by Vieillot in the 'Oiseaux Chanteurs.' " 



Mr. L. Fraser says : " During my residence at Fernando Po, in 

 the early part of the year 1842, I procured two male specimens of this 

 species, the one having the head entirely red, and the other having the 

 black extending across the forehead. 



" On reference to my note-book I find the following brief observation : 

 These birds, although in deep moult (in June), aj)peared to be pairing 

 One specimen was shot fi.'om the top of a very lofty tree, the others much 

 nearer the ground. In an apparently young male the black extends across 

 the foi'ehead. A very good songster, and are most active about 5 p.m." 



At present nothing has been published respecting the habits or nidifica- 

 tion of this bird, although the species appears extremely abundant along 

 the west coast of Africa from the Gold Coast to Angola, and is regularly 

 received in every collection from there. 



Specimens exammed. 



No. Sex. Mus. Locality. Length.Wing. Tail. Tars. Culm 



E. B. West Africa. 7-55 42 2-9 1-0 09 



E. B. West Africa. 1-2 42 2-85 10 0-9 



E. B. We.st Africa. 7-2 4-0 2-8ri 0-9 0-9 



E. B. Abouri, West Africa. 6-95 3-95 2 65 0-95 0-85 

 E. B. Fernando Po, West Africa 



{Fraser). 7-25 3-85 26 0-95 09 



/. ? E. B. Fantee, West Africa (?7ssAer). 7-1 39 275 10 0-85 



