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the apex of the feather ; the lower part of the back and upper 

 tail-coverts slaty grey, with a heart-shaped spot of black iu the 

 centre of the feather ; the rest of the wing-coverts black, edged 

 with slaty grey and conspicuously spotted with white ; quills 

 blackish, the iuner web white at the base and broadly edged with 

 slaty grey and spotted with white ; tail dark slaty grey, lighter 

 undei'neath, spotted and banded with white ; a small spot in front 

 of the eye, throat, and a line of feathers from the base of the lower 

 mandible down the sides of the neck pure white, the latter varied 

 with longitudinal black marks ; cheeks, and a line of feathers below 

 the last-mentioned line of white and black feathers, black, the former 

 narrowly and the latter broadly varied with white ; feathers of the 

 throat and chest rich rufous, the sides varied with elaty grey, 

 spotted with white ; flanks white banded with slaty grey ; under 

 wing- and tail-coverts white, with an occasional black spot ; centre 

 of the abdomen and vent pure white : bill black ; feet dark olive- 

 brown ; irides nearly black. Total length 14-8 inches, of bill from 

 front 3'5, from gape 4-3, wing 8, tail 5-3, tarsus 0-4, middle toe 1, 

 hind toe 0-3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but instead of the upper part 

 of the chest being rufous, it is replaced by a broad slate-coloured 

 bund, each feather being banded with white ; below this is a white 

 band, and the rest of the under surface of the body, with the under 

 wing- and tail-coverts, is rufous. Total length 1(3'5 inches, of bill 

 from front 3*5, from gape 4'5, wing 8, tail 4-75, tarsus 0*4, middle 

 toe 1, hind toe 0-3. 



Hah. The greater part of Tropical Africa, excepting the forest- 

 regions of Gaboon and the Congo. 



River Gambia (Sharpe Coll.). 



Axim. 



Accra, May (J. Smith). 



Gold T'oast ( Oovernor Uss/ier). 



River \'olta {Governor Ussher). 



Lagos. 



River Niger. 



Angola (Hamilton). 



Angola (Monfeiru). 



Rio Dande, Angola, July 8 

 (Sala). 



Damara-Land (C. J. Anders- 

 son : Sharpe Coll.) 



Knysna, March, Aug. (C. 

 J. A.). 



Cape Colony (H. L. Layard : 

 Sharpe Coll.). 



Natal. 



Natal ( T. Ay res). 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Dr. Ogilvie Ross [P.]. 

 Shelley CoU. 

 Shelle> Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Sir A. Moloney [P.l 

 Dr. Baikio [P.]. 

 Shai-pe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shai-pe Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll 



Dr. Gueinzius [C ]. 

 Gould Coll. 



Durban, Natal, March .30 ( G. Shelley Coll. 



E. S.). 



UpperUmlaas River (&'())y7(/<'). Shelley Coll. 



Transvaal (T. Ayres). Sharpe Coll. 



