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1 . Cosmopsarus regius. 



Cosmopsarus rep'ius, Rekhen. Oni. Centralbl. 1879, p. 108 ; Fischer 

 ^ Rekhen. J. f. O. 1879, p. 349, pi. i. Hg. 1 ; Fischer, Zeitschr. 

 ges. Orn. i. p. 336 (1884) ; id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 132; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 411. 



Adult. General colour above bright steel-blue, with slight re- 

 flexions of green, especially on the lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts ; scapulars and wing-coverts rich purplish blue, with a 

 subtermiual spot of velvety black on the median and greater wing- 

 coverts ; quills black, externally purplish blue, with more or less of 

 violet reflexions, especially on the primaries ; tail-feathers bronze, 

 all but the centre ones shot with violet and blue, the outermost 

 more steel-green, with a white edging ; head and neck oily green, 

 verging into the blue of the mantle ; lores velvety black ; ear- 

 coverts dark steel-blue, the feathers somewhat frizzled ; throat 

 entirely oily green, a little more steel-green than the head and sides 

 of neck ; the lower throat washed with steel-blue, deepening on the 

 fore neck into rich steel-blue ; the chest brilliant reddish purple ; 

 remainder of under surface of body brilliant golden yellow, including 

 the thighs, under tail-coverts, and axillaries ; under wing-coverts 

 dusky blackish, washed with steel-blue or greenish blue : " bill and 

 legs black : iris white " (E. Lort Phillips). Total length 14 inches, 

 culmen 0-85, wing 5-3, tail S"9, tarsus 1-25. 



Hab. East Africa from Masai Land to the Somali country. 



a. Ad. sk. Somali Land {E. Lort Phillips). Shelley Coll. 



2. Cosmopsarus unicolor. 



Cosmopsarus unicolor, Shelley, Ibis, 1881, p. 116; id. P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 582 ; Reichen. Sf Schaloio, J. f. O. 1882, p. 228 ; Bohm, J. f. O. 

 1883, p. 196 ; Reichen. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 66. 



Adult mcde. General colour above brown, with a slight shade of 

 oily green on the scapulars ; wing-coverts like the back, as also the 

 bastard-wing ; primary-coverts and quills brown, glossed with oily 

 green on the inner web ; primaries and tail-feathers blackish, 

 glossed with green externally ; centre tail-feathers entirely glossy 

 green, ribbed with dusky under certain Lights ; head, sides of face, 

 and under surface of body brown, slightly more ashy brown below ; 

 under wing-coverts and axiUaries like the breast ; quills dusky 

 blackish below : " bill and feet black ; iris whitish " {G. A. FiscJier). 

 Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 4-9, tail 6-5, tarsus 1-3. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 11 

 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 4-7, tail 5'95, tarsus 1-3. 



Bab. Eastern Africa. 



a, b. Ak. sk. Ugogo (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



(Types of species.) 



c. J ad. sk. Saboro, Jan. 10. Dr. Fischer [C.l 



d. 2 ad. sk. Seriau, Sept. 11. Dr. Fischer [C.]. 



