34. LAMI'ROCOLIUS. 173 



2. Lamprocolius glaucovirens. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Lamjirocolius clirysotis (nee Sw.), Verr. Rev. et Mwj. de Zool. 1861, 



p. 418. 

 Lamprocolius splendidus (tiec V.), Cass. Proa. Philad. Acad. 1857, 



p. 36, 1859, p. l:J3 ; Mont. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 112 ; Dokrn, P. Z. 8. 



ISOe, p. 328 ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 36 ; Sharpe i)- Bouvier, 



Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 310 (1870); Reichen. J. f. O. 1877, 



p. 21 ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 307 (1881) ; Sharpe, Jouni. Linn. 



Soc, ZjoI. xvii. p. 426 (1884) ; Shelleij, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 37. 

 Lamprotomis chrysotis {nee Sw.), Ketdem. Nat. Tijdschr. iii. p. 386 



(1866). 

 Lamprocolius glaucovirens, Elliot, Ann. Sj- May. Nat. Hist. (4) xx. 



p. 169 (1877) ; Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mas. (2) ii. Bull. p. 100 (1879). 



Adult. Similar to L. splendidus, but steel-blue instead of oil- 

 greeu ; middle of back purplish blue ; head steel-blue, the whole of 

 the hiud neck steel-green, contrasting with the head and back ; entire 

 throat and chest reddish purple, followed by brilliant golden bronze 

 on the breast and abdomen ; bill and feet black : " iris j'ellowish 

 white" (F. Bohndorff). Total length II inches, culmen 0-85, 

 wing G-95, tail 4-3, tarsus 1'25. 



Hah. West Africa from the Cameroons to the Congo, and over the 

 Congo region to Niam Niam and the ^onbuttu country. 



a. Ad. St. Gaboon. M. Verreaux. 



h. Ad. sk. Gaboon ( Walker). Sharpe Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Gaboon (T'erreau.v). Sharpe Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Gaboon. Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. Gaboon (P. B. IhiChaiUu). Sharpe Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Ogowe Puver, Gaboon {H. Amell). Shelley Coll. 

 I/. Ad. sk. Congo lliver {Dr. Lucan). Shelley Coll. 

 /(. Ad. sk. Landana, Congo (Z. Petit). Shelley Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Bembe, Angola. Monteiro Coll. 



/.-. Ad. sk. Semmio, Niam Niam, Feb. 1883. F. Bohndorff [C. ]. 



/. Ad. sk. Tingasi, Sept. 1881. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



3, Lamprocolius lessoni. (Plate YII. fig. 3.) 



Juida lessoni, Pucher. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, pp. 256-259 ; Qrau 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 24, no. 6.341 (1870). 

 Lamprocolius lessoni, Hartl. J. f. O. 1859, p. 15 ; id. Abkandl. nat. 



Ver. Bremen, iv. p. 56 (1874) ; Sharpe ^ Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 



France, i. p. 310 (1876) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 307 (1881). 



Adult female. Similar to L. splendidus, but distinguished at once 

 by the violet or pui-plish-red spot behind the ear, instead of the 

 golden-bronze spot of L. splendidus : " iris pale yellow " {MSS. 

 Mus. Paris). Total length 11 inches, culmen 0-15, wing 5-5, tail 

 4-2, tarsus 1"25. 



Younrj. Dingy brown with a little metallic gloss, foreshadowing- 

 the brilliant colours of the adult ; underneath entirely sooty brown 

 with a few metallic feathers of the adult plumage. 



Hah. Congo district of Western Africa. 



a. 5 ad. sk. lliver Chiloaugo, Conffo {Lucan SheUey Coll 



S,- Petit), 

 h. Juv. sk. Congo {I)r. A. Lucan). Shelley Coll. 



