184 STURNID.'E. 



12. Lamprocolius purpureiceps. 



Laniprocollus purpureiceps, J. E. Verr. Mev. et Maq. de Zool. 1851, 



p. 418; Sfrickl. Contr. Oni. 1851, p. 133; Ilcail. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 119 (1857); Cuss. Froc Philad. Acad. 1857, p. 36; Hartl. 



J. f. O. 1859, p. 24 ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 133 ; 



SJuir2)o, P. Z. S. 1871, p. Oil ; Hartl. Ahhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, 



iv. p. 73 (1874) ; Pcichen. J. f. 0. 1875, p. 30. 

 Juida purpureiceps, Gray, lland-l. B. ii. p. 24, no. 6335 (1870). 

 Lamprocolius cupreicaudus (pt.), S/ia7-pe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 55 (1871). 



Adult. General colour above glossy golden green ; scapulars like 

 tlie back, but ■with a slight shade of steel-green ; lower back and 

 rump like the mantle, but not quite so golden ; upper tail-coverts 

 black, edged with steel-blue, with a subtermiual shade of bronzy 

 purple : wing-coverts steel-blue ; quills purplish black, externally 

 steel-blue, the inner secondaries washed with golden green like the 

 back ; tail-feathers blue-black, externally washed with golden 

 bronze ; crown of head velvety purple with a slight shade of violet- 

 blue, the nape showing a distinct appearance of steel-blue ; hind 

 neck glossy steel-green ; lores black ; feathers round eye, sides of 

 face, and ear-coverts purple, a little duller than the head ; cheeks, 

 throat, and chest purple, slightly varied with violet-blue, becoming 

 much more distinct on the latter ; breast, abdomen, sides of body, 

 and flanks steel-green, with a slight wash of golden green ; thighs and 

 under tail-coverts black, washed with steel-blue ; under wing-coverts 

 and asillaries black, edged with bright steel-blue ; quills below 

 black. Total length 7'8 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 4-6, tail 2-55, 

 tarsus 0*9. 



Hah. West Africa from the Camei'oons to the Congo. 



a. Ad. sk. Landana, Congo {Petit). Shelley Coll. 



b. Ad. St. Gaboon. M. Verreaux. 



c. Ad. sk. Gaboon (P. B. Du Chaillu). Sharpe Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Gaboon (P. B. Du Chaillu). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. River Ogowe, Gaboon. H. T. Ansell, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 /. Juv. sk. Cameroons. Sharpe Coll. 



(J. Ad. sk. Cameroons, Jan. 20, 1871 (Cross/«/). Sharpe Coll. 



/*. Ad. sk. Cameroons, Jan. 19 {Crossley). Shelley Coll. 



13. Lamprocolius cupreicauda. 



Lamprotornis cupreocauda, Tonm. MSS. in Mas. Lur/d., unde 

 Lamprocolius cupreocauda, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 119 (1857) ; id. 



J. f. O. 1859, p. 24 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 18/0, p. 473 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 55 (1871) ; U-ishcr, Ibis, 1874, p. 66 ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. 



Ver. Bremen, iv. p. 74 (1874); Biittik. Notes Leyden Mas. ix. 



p. 258 (1887). 

 Juida cupreocauda. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 24, no. 6336 (1870). 

 Lamprocolius purpureiceps (nee Verr.), Sharjie, Ibis, 1869, p. 384. 



Adult. Similar to L. purpureiceps, but glossy steel-blue on the 

 back, the head purplish blue, with a beautiful shade of glossy 

 purple on the hind neck and mantle ; under surface glossy steel- 



