166 STURNIDiE. 



2. Onycognathus hartlaubi, 



Spreo morio (nee L.), Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 115 (18r)7). 

 Onycognatlms liartlaiibi, Gray, P. Z. 8. 18-58, p. 291 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 



1859, p. 36 ; Sharpe, Ibis, imO, p. 334 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 55 



(1871); Hartl. Ahhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. p. 87 (1874); 



Reichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 26; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 316 (1881); 



Sharpe, Jourii. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 427 (1884). 

 Juida hartlaubi, Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 25, no. 0351 (1879). 

 Lamprotornis morio {nee L.), Reichen. J.f. O. 1873, p. 214. 

 Aniydrus reichenovi. Cab. J.f. 0. 1874, p. 232. 

 Amydrus hartlaubi, Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 37. 



Adult male. Similar to 0. fulr/irlus, but very much smaller, and 

 having the head a little more bluish purple ; bill and feet black : 

 " iris reddish brown " (A. Reichenoiv) ; " iris red " (Bohndorff). Total 

 length 10"8 inches, culmen I'l, wing 4'6, tail 4*5, tarsus I'l. 



Adtdt female. Not quite so glossy as the male, the chestnut on 

 the wing more restricted ; head and neck all round ashy grey, with 

 greenish -black centres to the feathers. Total length 12 inches, 

 culmen 1-2, wing 4-9, tail 4*8, tarsus I'l. 



Hah. West Africa, from the Gold Coast to the Congo and inland 

 in the Congo region as far as Niam Niam. Fernando Po. 



a,b. cj ; c. 2 Fantee. Sharpe Coll. 

 ad. sk. 



d. Juv. sk. Fantee. Purchased. 



e. c? ad. sk. Fantee. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. $ ad sk. River Ogowe, Gaboon. II. T. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



c/. d ad. sk. Fernando Po. Purchased. (Type of species.) 



'h. 2 ad. sk. Fernando Po. T. R. W. Thomson, Esq. [P.]. 



i, ^. d $ ad. Semmio, Niam Niam, F. Bohndorff [C.]. 



sk. Feb., March. 



30. CINNAMOPTERUS. 



Type. 



Cinnamopterus, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. 830 (1853) C. tenuirostris. 



Oligomyodrus, Hartl. J. f. O. 1859, p. 34 {ex Schif, 



Mus. Franhf.) C. tenuirostris. 



Range. Confined to North-eastern Africa. 



1. Cinnamopterus tenuirostris. 



Lamprotornis tenuirostris, Riipp. Neue Wirb., Voq. p. 26, pi. 10. fig. 1 

 (1835-40); id. Syst. Uebers. p. 75 (1845); Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 

 p. 37 (1856). 



Juida tenuirostris. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 327 (1846) ; id. HandA. B. 

 ii. p. 25, no. 6362 (18'70). 



Cinnamopterus tenuirostris, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. 830 (1853) ; id. 

 Coll. Delattre, p. 8 (1854) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) 

 i. p. 202 (1884) ; Gigl. op. cit. (2) vi. p. 28 (1888) ; Salvad. t. c. 

 p. 300(1888). 



Oligomyodrus tenuirostris, Schiff, MSS., Mus. Franhf ; Heuql. J. 

 f. O. 1859, p. 34; Heugl. J.f. O. 1802, p. 292, 1863, p. 23, 1869, 

 'p. 15; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 527 (1870); iv. App. p. cxxvii 



