1. coLius. 341 



3. Colins nigricollis. 



Le Coliou raj'e a gorge noire, Lemill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 45, pi. 259 

 (1808) ; Snndev. Krit. Fmmst. Levaill. p. 53 (1858). 



Colius nigi-icollis, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vii. p. 378 (1817) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 393 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 86 (1850); Hartl. 

 Orn. W.-Afr. p. 155 a857) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 124, no. 7845 

 (1870) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 717 (Lower Congo) ; Cah. J.f. O. 

 1876, p. 95; Reichen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 15 (Loango) ; S/iarpc ^• 

 Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, p. 50 (187G; Landana) ; Bocage, 

 Orn. Anqola, p. 129 (1877) ; Sharpe, Jnurn. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 4.34 

 (1884) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 6-30, pi. 45. fig. 1 ; S/iellei/, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 310; Shelley, Ibis, 1889, p. 168; Sharpe, App. to Jamesons 

 ^Rear Column,' p. 399 (1890). 



Adult. Similar to C. striatus, but with a white mark on the base 

 of the ciilmen ; a black throat and black forehead and pale yel- 

 lowish legs. Total length 12 inches, ciilmen 0-6, wing 3'8, tail 8, 

 tarsus 0"85. 



Hah. Congo Eegion, extending into the Niam-Niam country. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Elver Congo. Commander Sperling [P.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Landana, Congo. Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Ndoruma, Niam-Niam, Oct. F. Bohndorft [C.]. 



4. Colius leucotis. (Plate XII. fig. 1.) 



Colius leucotis, R'upp. Mus. Senchenb. iii. p. 42, pi. 2. fig. 1 (1845 ; 

 Temben) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 393 (1848) ; Bp. Consj}. i. p. 86 

 (1850) ; Cab. ^- Ilein. Mus. Hein. Th. iii. p. 97 (1859) ; Schl 3Ihs. 

 P.-B. Cuculi, p. 80 (1864) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 124, no. 7846 

 (1870); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 710 (1870, pt.) ; Finsch, 

 Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 276 (1870) ; Blanf. Geol. Sf Zool. Abyss, p. 316 

 (1870) ; Finsch ^' Hartl. Vary. Ostafr. p. 472 (1870) ; Antin. Sf 

 Sahad. Ann. Mus. Genov. ir. p. 416 (1873) ; Hartl. Abhandl 7iat. 

 Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 110 (1881 ; Lado) ; Salvad. Ann, Mus. Genov. 

 (2) i. p. 100 (1884 ; Shoa). 



? Colius capensis, DesMurs in Lefebvre's Voy. Abyss, p. 123 (1845). 



Rhabdocolius leucotis, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 3 (1854). 



Adult. Similar to 0. striatus, but having the tip of the culmen 

 with a white spot near the base, and distinguished by the hoary 

 white ear-coverts and hinder cheeks ; the hind neck and mantle 

 broadly barred with dusky brown ; maxilla black, the culmen pale 

 bluish white ; the mandile fleshy whitish, blackish at the base : " feet 

 bright vermilion, the soles tinged with grey ; iris pearly white ; the 

 bare orbits bluish " (Hexr/lin). Total length 1 4 inches, culmen 0*6, 

 wing 4-05, tail 10, tarsus 0-95. 



Tounri. Differs from the adult in having the back pale ochreous 

 buff barred with black, and in the ochreous margins to the wing- 

 coverts and quills. 



Hah. Abyssinia and Bogos-land, south to Shoa. 



(i,h. cJ 2 ad. sk. Bejook, Bogos-land, July Tweeddale Coll. 



( W. Jesse). 



