346 coliidjE. 



B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 606 (1856 ; Slioa) ; Cab. S,- Heine, Mus. 

 Ilein. Th. iii. p. 96 (1860; Senaar) ; Schl. Mus. Pca/s-Bas, CucuYi, 

 p. 80 (1863 ; Senegambia, Gaboon) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 124, 

 no. 7842; Heugl. 6rn. N.O -Afr. i. p. 112, App. p. cliv (1870- 

 71) ; Finsch, Tr. Z. 8. vii. p. 275 (1870) ; Blanf. Geol. ^- Zool. 

 Abyss, p. 318 (1870) ; Antin. Sf Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. iv. 

 p. 416 (1873); Bucctfje, Orn. Angola, p. 130 (1877); Hurtl. 

 Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 109 (1881 ; Lado) ; Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 368. 

 Urocolius maci'ourua, Bp, Consj). Vol. A^iis. p. 3 (1854). 



Adult male. Similar to C. erythromelon, but much paler, and 

 distinguished by a tuft of torquoise-blue feathers on each side of 

 the nape ; upper mandible red, the base and the tip horny blackish ; 

 lower mandible black : " feet rosy crimson, the soles bluish yellow ; 

 iris and orbital ring crimson " ( Von Heuglin). Total length 

 13 inches, culmen 0*0, wing 3-45, tail 9, tarsus 0-7. 



Young. Lighter in colour than the adults, and wanting the blue 

 tufts on the sides of the nape. 



Hah. N.E. Africa, across to Senegambia and Gaboon. Said to 

 have occurred in Ajigola, but this locality is extremely doubtful. 



a. S ad. sk. Mohaber, Abyssinia, July 9 Shelley Coll. 



( TF. Jesse). 



b. Ad.sk. Abyssinia (Co?. 'S^Mr;'). Hume Coll. 



c. Jiiv. sk. Kelamet, Bogos, July 9. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



d. e. (S ad. sk. Rairo, Bogos, Aug. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 /. (S ad. sk. Rairo, Aug. 16 ( W. Jesse). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



y. Ad. sk. Rairo, Aug. 14 (W. Jesse). Sharpe Coll. 



fi. (S ad. sk. Kokai, July 9 ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



i. c? ad. sk. Efat, Shoa, April ('S'(> W. C. India Museum. 



Hca-ris). 

 k. Ad. sk. Kordofau. Consul Petherick 



[P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. White Nile. _ F. Galton, Esq. [P.]. 



VI. cJ ad. sk, Lado, March 11 {Emin Pasha). Shelley Coll. 



