31. PILOEHINUS. 167 



(1871); Ilartl. Ahhandl. nat. Vei: Bremen, iv. p. 98 (1874) 



Bochehr. Faun. Seney., Ois. p. 37 (1884). 

 Oligomydrus sturninus, Ileuf/l. J. f. O. 1863, p. 15. 

 Amydrus tenuirostris, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 200 (1870). 



Ad It female. General colour above glossy purple, a little more 

 bluish purple on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; 

 lesser wing-coverts black, with purplish margins; median and 

 greater coverts externally glossed with dull steel-green, like the 

 bastard- wing, primary-coverts, and quills ; the primaries deep chest,- 

 nut, with a broad black band at the ends : tail-feathers black, exter- 

 nally glossed with dull steel-green ; crown of head and hind neck 

 glossy steel-green, a little purplish on the latter ; lores blackish : 

 sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks glossy steel-green; throat 

 duller steel-green ; remainder of under surface of body from the 

 lower throat and fore neck downwards dull glossy purple; the 

 under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts black, with purplish 

 margins; edge of wing dark steel-green, quills below rufous, black 

 at the ends : " bill black, paler at tip ; feet dusky black ; iris 

 brownish red" {Heurjlin). Total length 13 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 6, tail 7, tarsus I'lo. 



Younri. Duller in colour than the adult, all the feathers edged 

 with ashy grey, especially distinct on the under surface ; the breast 

 and neck all round obscured by ashy-grey tips to the feathers. 

 Hab. North-eastern Africa. 



a. Juv. St.. Abyssinia. Zoological Society. 



b. Juv. sk. Abyssinia. Dr. RiippeU [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Baron Langier. 



d. S ad. sk. Adigrat, May 4 ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. $ ad. sk. Wanenamba, Shoa, Oct. 12, 1876 Shelley Coll. 



(0. Antinori). 



31. PILORHINUS. 



Type 

 Pilorhinus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Tb. i. p. 201 (1850) P. albiro'stris. 



Range. Confined to North-eastern Africa. 



1. Pilorhinus albirostris. 



Ptilonorhynchus (Kitta) albirostris, Eiipp. Neue Wirb., Voo. p 22, 

 pi. ix. iigs. 1, 2 (1835-40). ^ J f > 



Ptilorhynchus albirostris, Jiiqyp. Syst. Uebers. p. 75 (1845) ; Heugl. 

 Si/st. Uebers. p. 36 (1856) ; JBrehm, lieis. Habesch, p. 325 (1863) ; 

 Antin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 62 (1864). 



Juida albirostris, Graij, Gen. B. ii. p. 327 (1846) ; id. Hand-l. B ii 

 p. 25, no. 6301 (1870). ^ \ j ■, 



Pilorliinus albirostris, Cah. Mus. Hein. i. p. 201 (1850) • Ilorsf. & 

 Moore, Cat. B. Mm. F.I. Co. ii. p. 546 (1856); Hartl. J. f'o 

 185S), p. 30 ; Hcui/l. J. f. 0. 1862, p. 294, 1863, p. 23, 1869, p. 12 ; 



'^ ?/'":. /X'^-;;^-^''- "■ ?• ^--^ <^i^^^)' '"''■ ^pp- p- c^^^-i (i«7i) ; 



Hartl. Abhandl. nat. T er. Bremen, iv. p. 94 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 200 (1884) ; Gid. op. cit. (2) vi n 28 



