23. BENDROBATES. 



337 



occipital band scarlet ; nape rather darker than the crown ; sides 

 of the face and neck, chin, throat, and fore neck white, with a broad 

 umber-brown auricular stripe, and a broad malar one, of the same 

 colour, bordering the throat and fore neck ; under surface of the 

 body and under tail-coverts dull white, striped with um1)er-brown ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, the former having dusky- 

 brown spots. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3-15, tail 

 1'3, tarsus 0"58 ; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0"46, outer 

 posterior 0"5, inner anterior 0-37, inner posterior 0*25. 



Adult female. Differs from the adult male in wanting the red 

 occipital band. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3'2, tail 

 1"55, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. In North-eastern Africa it ranges from Senaar through Kor- 

 dofan south to Eongo and Langomeri ; westward into Senegambia. 



a, &. c? 2 ad. sk. Senegambia. Purchased. 



c, d. S ^ ad. sk. Senegambia. Old Coll. 



e. 5 ad. sk. LaDgomeri, Equatorial Africa, Aug. Shelley Coll. 



{Emiii Pacha). 



23. DENDROBATES. ^^ ^ 



Deudrobates, Sjoains. Faun. Bor.-Amcr. p. 300 (1831) . D. atfinis. 

 Eleopicus, B}). Consp. Vulucr. Zygud. p. 10 (1854) .... D. olivinus. 

 Capnopicus, Bjt. Consp. Vohia:' Zygod. p. 10 (1854) . . D. funiigatus. 

 Callipiciis, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zyyod. p. 10 (1854) . . D. callonotus. 

 Campias, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 145 (1863) . D. tepln-odops 

 Pha30uerpes, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Heiii. iv. p. 139(1863) D. fumigatus. 



Bill and foot of Dcndrohafes uffinis. 



Bange. Sonth America as far soutli as the northern provinces of 

 the Argentine Kepublic ; through Central America, north to Jalapa 

 in Southern Mexico. 



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