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blue ; the feathers at the sides of the crest elongated and broader ; 

 sides of the head and entire upper surface of the body rich >iltra- 

 marine ; wing-coverts blackish washed with blue ; (juills brownish 

 black, the secondaries edged with faint ultramarine ; tail ultra- 

 marine above, black beneath ; chin and a longitudinal patch of 

 feathers along the sides of the neck white ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and 

 rest of the under surface of the bodj- rich rufous : " bill brilliant 

 coral-rcd, slightly shaded with black towards the nostrils and at 

 the base of the lower mandible : feet coral-rcd ; iris dark brown " 

 (G, E. SlielJei/). Total length 5 inches, culmeu 1-3, wing 2-4, tail 

 i"l, tarsus (J-25. 



YouMj ftmaU. Head crested, dusk)' greenish, with very broad 

 black shafts and bands, the feathers on the nape with a slight 

 silvery lustre : back and scapiilars light brown, with light cobalt 

 bars ; back ultramarine washed with cobalt ; tail ultramarine above, 

 brown beneath ; quills light brown, the inner web light rufous from 

 the base, the outer web edged with light ultramarine ; lores light 

 rufous: cheeks rufous, with little black markiigs; throat and a 

 patch of feathers along the sides of the neck yellowish white ; 

 under surface of the body pale rufous, lighter down the centre of 

 the body : bill and feet blackish, tinged slightly with red: "bill 

 black ; feet brownish, soles red ; iris brown "' ( IF. A. Forbes). 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 1'3, from g;ipe 1 "To, wing 2*4, tail 

 1-1, tarsus 0-25. 



Very j/oiuir/. Similnr to the last, but the plumage much darker 

 brown, the bars of blue being narrower, and those on the head 

 darker; the bars of cobalt on the wing-coverts and scapulars very 

 distinct, upper part of the breast marked with a darkish brown line. 

 Total length 4-;3 inches, culmen O'S, wing 2, tail 1-65, tarsus 0-2. 



I/ah. The whole of Tropical Africa ; the specimens from South 

 Africa being larger than those from Western or North-eastern 

 Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Abvssinia. Purchased. 



b. (^ ad. sk. Agula,Tigre,May IG. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Sudan {Knoblpcker). Sharpe Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. White Nile. Sharpe Coll. 



e. Juv. sk. White Ni'e. (lould Coll. 



/. S ad. sk. Senpgambia {Sharjie Tweeddale Coll. 



,7, A. Ad. et juv. sk. Ji\?s(io(BemifIoui)i). Sharpe Coll. 



». Imm. sk. Ashantee. Gould Coll. 



k, I. Ad.etjuv.sk. Ashantee. J.Gould, Esq. (Types of 



A. harthnihi.) 



VI. Ad. sk. Elniina, April (//. F. Sharpe Coll. 



Bli'^setf). 



n-r. Ad.sk. Fantee (&'oi'. Uss/ie)-). Shellev Coll. 



». Ad. sk. Fagos. GouldColl. 



t. Imm. sk. Shonga, Jl. Niger Shellev Coll. 



(JF.A.F.). ' ' 



u. 5 ad. sk. Kiiigwilliamstown, Sharpe Coll. 



Gaboon, June 3 (J. 



A. Skertchlei^). 



r. Juv. ,^k. R. Ogowe, Gaboon. II. T. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



