34. LASrPEOCOLIL'S. 179 



Laniprocolius c\'anogenys, Stinder. CEfv. K. Vet.-Ahiul. Fork. S/ock- 



holm, 1850, p. 127 ; Ilemjl. J.f. O. 1SG9, p. 4. 

 Lamprocolius cliloropteriis, Bp. Camp. i. p. 410 (ISoO) ; Hurtl. Oni. 



W.-Afr. p. 118 (18-",7) ; id. J. f. 0. 1859, p. 20 ; Antin. Cat. 



descrr. Ucc. p. 01 (1804) ; Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Sci. Torino, v. 



p. 739 (1870) ; Hem/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 513 (1870), iv. App. 



p. cxxv (1871) ; A. Brehm, J.f. O. 1873, p. 80; Hartl. Abhandl. 



nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. p. 64 (1874). 

 Lamprotornis cjanogenys, Pucher. Rev. et May. de Zoo!, 1858, 



p. 254. 



Adult. Similar to L. cJinhjbeus, but very much smaller and more 

 glossy green, more uniform in colour, the rump and lower back not 

 contrasting -with the mantle so much as in L. chali/Jjeus, and distin- 

 guished also by an absence of violet shades on the hind neck ; the 

 ear-coverts frizzled, deep blue, forming a patch, the blue colour not 

 extending down the sides of the neck as in L. cliahjbeus ; shoulder- 

 patch purplish blue, with no shade of reddish purple or coppery 

 red. Total length 8-3 inches, culmen 0*75, wing 4"75, tail j!-75, 

 tarsus 1'2. 



Hah. West Africa from Senegambia to Gaboon and throughout 

 North-eastern and Eastern Africa down to the Zambesi. 



It. Ad. sk. 8euegal. Sharpe Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Accra {J. Smith). Sharpie Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Accra. (J. Smith). Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. ; e. Imm. sk. Keren, Bogos (U.sler). Sharpe Coll. 

 /,(/. Ad. sk. Bogos Land (Ester). Shellev Coll. 



h. J ad. ; i. Juv. sk. Ailat, Samhar, June 29, 1868. W. T.'Blauford, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. 'Wandi,EquatorialAfrica,Sept. Shelley CoU. 



3, 1861 {Emin Pasha). 

 I, m. Imm. sk. River Rovuma {J. Thomson). Shelley Coll. 



n, 0. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi (Sir J. Kirk). Livingstone Ex- 



pedition. 



9. Lamprocolius chalcurus. 



Lamprotornis chalcurus, Kord?n. in Ermans Reis., Atlas, p. 8 (1835) ; 



Pucher. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. 252. 

 Lamprotornis cyanotis, Sicains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 140 (1837). 

 Juida chalcm-a. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 327 (1846) ; id. Hand-I. B. ii. 



p. 24, no. 6340 (1870). 

 Lamprocolius cvanotis, Bp. Con-sp. i. p. 415 (1850) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 



1859, p. 17 ; 'lleuffl. J. f. O. 1869, p. 5 ; Rochebr. Faun. S'eneg., 



Ois. p. 230 (1884). 

 Lamprocolius chalcurus, Cab. Mas. Hein. Th. i. p. 199 (1850); 



Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 118 (1857); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 



p. 513 (1870), iv. App. p. cxxv (1871) ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. 



Bremen, iv. p. .59 (1874). 

 Lamprocolius niteus (nee L.), Sliarpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 483 ; id. Cat. 



Afr. B. p. 55 (1871). 

 Lamprocohus porphvrurus, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, iv, 



p. 60 (1874) ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 66 ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1875, 



p. 36. 

 Lamprocolius chalcurus, var. orientalis, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver, 



Bremen, vii. p. 106 (1881) ; id. op. cit. viii. p. 245 1882). 



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