31 U PlCID^li). 



the Loo Choo Islands, Coroa, Eastern Siberia, apan, and into the 

 Ivurile Islands. Appearing again in Africa, from Senaar, through 

 Kordofan, south to Bongo and Laugomeri, and west into Seue- 

 gambia *. 



Key to the Species f. 



A. Above black and white, the white uniform 

 or barred. 

 «'. With red occipital band ; upper tail- 

 coverts and four central rectrices uniform [p. 312. 



black sennco7-onatus cJ ad., 



b'. With a longitudinal red stripe on each 

 side of the occiput. 

 a". Upper tail-covortsand four central rec- 

 trices uniform black. 

 a'". White superciliary stripe united 

 with the white on the side of the 

 neck. 

 «*. Underparts striated. 



«\ Lateral rectriceswith faint dusky 

 bars, 

 o". Smaller: upper back brownish 

 black ; the lower back as well 

 as the rump more or less 

 barred; with a less conspi- 

 cuous white patch on the side 

 of the neck and on the wing- 

 coverts scinfillireps (^ nd., p. 313. 



¥. Larger : upper back intense 

 black ; remainder of back and 

 the rump white, the latter 

 more or less barred ; with very 

 conspicuous white patch on 

 the side of the neck and on 



the wing-coverts doerriesi cJ ad., p. 314. 



h^. Lateral rectrices distinctly barred 



with black. 



c^. Larger : length 6 inches, wing 



3'7 ; middle back partially, 



the lower back and rump 



distinctly barred kaleensis S *id., p. 315. 



d^. Smaller: length 5'2 inches, 

 wing 3-47 ; the whole of the 

 white of the back and rump 



distinctly barred pi/fftncpiis cJ ad., p. 316. 



6'. Underparts spotted ; middle and 

 lower back, also the rump, white, 

 the latter barred icattersi cS ad., p. 317. 



* The range in Africa is that of I. ohsoletus, the generic characters of whicli 

 are those of an lyngipicus. 



t The females of the species comprised in this genus differ only from the 

 males in the absence of red on tlie head, in the form of either a stripe on the side 

 of the occiput, or of an occipital band. 



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