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Sharpe in Oates Matahele-Land, App. p. 302(1881); HartlAb- 

 handl. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 110 (1881) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 565 ; Pelz. Sitz. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxi. p. 143 (1881), xxxii. p. 500 

 (1882) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 243 ; Schahw, J.f. O. 1883, p. 349 ; 

 Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 434 (1884) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. 

 ges. Orn. i. p. 359 (1884) ; Bohm, J.f. O. 1885, p. 57 ; Fischer, 

 t. c. p. 127 ; Shelleij, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 224 ; Biittik. Note^ Lei/den 

 Mus. vii. p. 158 (1885), viii. p. 248 (1886) ; HaHert, J.f. 0. 1886, 

 p. 592; Matschie, J.f 0. 1887, p. 152; Schalow, t. c. p. 236; 

 Beichen. t. c. p. 305; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. x. p. 62 (1888^ ; 

 Tristr. Ibis, 1888, p. 266 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 298 ; id. P. Z. S. 1888, 

 p. 44 ; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 167. 

 Coi-nopio afer, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 119 (1860) ; Cab. 

 in Von der Deckoi's Reis. iii. p. 34 (1869). 



Adult. Similar to E. glaucurus, but much smaller : " biU j'ellow ; 

 feet and iris brown " {T. Ayres). Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 

 0-9, wing 6-8, tail 3-45, tarsus 0'6. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but having the under surface washed 

 with pale greenish blue from the breast downwards, the lower 

 flanks being entirely blue ; wing-coverts pale grej'ish brown, and 

 all the rest of the plumage much paler than in the adult. 



Although E. afer is a conspicuously smaller bird as a rule than 

 E. glaucurus, yet the former bird varies considerably with locality, 

 and in the British Museum series the wing varies from 6-4 inches 

 to 7-1 inches, those from the West Coast being decidedly smaller 

 than the ones from Eastern Africa. 



Hah. Nearly the whole of tropical Africa. 



a. c? ad. sk. 

 6. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. St. 



e-h. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 i. Imm. sk. 

 k,l.S2 ad. sk. 



VI. Ad. sk. 



w, 0. Ad. sk. 

 p. Imm. sk. 



q. Ad. sk. 

 r. d' ad. sk. 



s. (S ad. sk. 



t. Ad. sk. 



u. Ad. sk. 



V. Ad. ; tc. Juv. 



sk. 

 X. S ad. sk. 



Senegambia (d'Einvilie). 

 Daranka, Gambia (Z. La- 



ylaize). 

 Gambia {Sir A. Moloney). 

 Gold Coast. 

 Accra, Feb., April {H. T. 



Ussher ^- J. Smith). 

 Fantee. 

 Abo Kobi, Aguapim, Feb. ((5. 



E. S.). 

 Shonga, River Niger. 



Gaboon {H. T. AnseU). 



Congo. 



Landana. Congo (i. Petit). 

 Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Nov. 



26 {T. Ayres). 

 Umvungu River, Nov. 3 {F. 



Oates). 

 Umvuli River, Oct. (/. S. 



Jameson). 

 Zambesi River (Dr. Mailer). 

 Zambesi River. 



Duruma, E. Africa, Jan. 



Riocour Coll. 

 SheUey Coll. 



Shelley CoU. 

 Leydeu Mus. 

 Shai-pe Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Capt. M. Ferryman 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Commander SperUng 



[P.]. 

 Shelley CoU. 

 Gurney Coll. 



W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.l. 

 SheUey OoU. 



Sharpe CoU. 



Dr. Bradshaw [C.]. 



Dr. Hildebrandt[C.]. 



