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sides of the throat behind the bare cheeks are isabelhne drab, like 

 those of the rest of the imder surface : thighs, under tail-coverts, 

 under win-coverts, and axillarics rather paler and more isabelhne 

 ^.hitish; quills below blackish brown Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen 0-85, wing 4-8, tail 2-G5, tarsus l-lo. 



Adult female. Erowner than the male, the white rump showing 

 conspicuously; upper tail-coverts Wn; wmg-covert^ brown; 

 win<is browner than in the male, the primary -coverts black hke 

 Z\astard-wing and quills; head feathered like he back; lores 

 dutky des of tace and under surface of body isabellme whiter on 

 the centre of the abdomen. The only bare parts on the head are 

 the re-ion of the eyes and a yellow patch behind the latter as well 

 as the'sides of the throat. Total length 8 inches, culmen u-8, wmg 

 4-6 tail 2-55, tarsus 1-2. . 



Males with the wattled head are very rare m collections. The 

 young birds resemble the old females, and have brown or black 

 ^rrmarv-coverts. Some birds are lighter drab than the adult females, 

 and show the white on the scapulars and wmg-coverts and have 

 a so the primary-coverts white, but the head and throat_ are 

 ?eathered.^ These may be young males or old birds in winter 



^^7«f Africa generally, excepting the forest-region of the west 

 coast ; Southern Arabia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. Juv. sk. 



d. Juv. sk. 



e. Juv. sk. 

 /•. c? juv. sk. 



,j, h, i. Ad. 

 Juv. sk. 

 /. Juv. sk. 



m. S ad. sk. 



n. Juv. sk. 



o. Juv. sk. 

 2). S ad. sk. 

 q. 5 juv. sk. 



r, s. Juv. sk. 



t. <S ad. sk. 

 u. Juv. sk. 



Aden. ^ 



Husrah, Aden, Aug. 5, 18b3, 



Senaar. 



Ti"re (Eshr). 



Lamu, E. Africa, Aug. 22, 1885. 



k. Tete, Zambesi {Sir J. KM). 



1st 3Iakalaka Kraal, Matabele, 



Sept. 1 (F. Oates). 

 Tati, Matabele Land, Nov. 18, 



1874 {F. Oates). 

 llamaquebau Kiver, Sept. 4, 



1873 (-F. Oates). 

 Transvaal {T. Ay res). 

 Kingwilliamstown. 

 Kingwilliamstowu, April 21, 



1677 {0. Netchi/). 

 Otiimbinque, Dau^aia Land, 



Aug. 21, 1863 {C. J. Andcr- 



SS07l). 



GaluDgo Alto, Angola, Aug. 21 



(6^. A. Sala). 

 Benyuela. 



Gould Coll. 



Major Yerbury [P.]. 



Sharps Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



r. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Liviugstone Exped. 



W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqs. [P.]. 

 W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqs. [P.]. 

 W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqs. [P.]. 

 Sharpe CoU. 

 Mr. 0. Newby fC.]. 

 Capt. TrevelyaiiLP.]. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Shai'pe Coll. 

 Monteiro Coll. 



