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et Proc. Acad. N. S. Philad. 1859, p. 135 ; Heine, Journ. fiir 

 Omitb. 1860, p. 143 ; Reiclib. Singvogel, p. 90, pi. Ixi. f. 331 

 (1861) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 191, Ibis, 1870, p. 472 ; Sundev. 

 Avium Despon. Tentam. p. 29 (1872) ; Reichn. Journ. fiir Ornith. 

 1875, p. 38 ; Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Sc. Lisboa, 1876, p. 264, et 

 Omitb. d' Angola, p. 331 (1877-81). 



Sycobius malimbus, Licbt. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 50 (1854). 



Sycohius nigrifvons^ Hartl. Journ. fiir Ornitb. 1855, p. 356. 



Sycobius sp. ? Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1867, p. 140. 



Figures. Daud. Ann. Mus. Paris, i. pi. 10, fig. 1 S . Sbaw, 

 Nat. Misc. pi. 581 S . Vieill. Ois. Cbant. pi. 42 3 . 

 Reicbb. Singvogel, pi. Ixi. fig. 331. 



English. TIi.e Malimbic Tanager male. Red-crested Malimbus. The 

 Hoopoe Malimbus. Red-crested Black Weaver. 



Frencli. Le Malimbe male. Le Tanagra de Malimbc. Le Tisserin 

 huppe, ou le Malimbe. Le Malimbe huppe. Cardinal 7wir ct rouge 

 hiqype. 



German. Der Hauhen- Malimbus. Der Haubcn-Prachtwcbcrvogcl. 



Habitat. West Africa. Tributaries of the River Congo, Gold Coast, 

 soutb to Angola. River Boutry (P^/.). Aguapim (TiVv.). Gaboon 

 (Lecomte). Rivers Muni and Camraa (Du Chaillu). River Quito, 

 Cabinda (Anchieta). Fantee country and Denkera (^Ussher and 

 Kirby). Abouri (Shelley and Buckley). Ijoango (Falkenstein) . 



Male. Crown, crest, cheeks, throat, and upper part of breast shinmg scarlet ; narrow 

 frontal band, lores, space round the eye, chin and whole of back and under parts 

 glossy black ; axillaries and under surface of wings dull brown ; iris dark brown ; bill 

 and feet black : length 5-75, wing 3-3, tail 2-5, tars. 0-8. culm. 0-65. 



Female. Similar to the male, but not crested, the scarlet of the crown extending to the 

 mantle ; the black frontal band narrow, and not united on the culmen ; general plumage 

 less glossy ; iris brown ; bill and feet dark brown : length 6-35, wing 33, tail 2-65, 

 tars. 0'8, culm. 0'7. 



Young. Similar to the female, but dull black ; with the chin and throat blackish. 



