35. coccYcoLius. — 30. heteeopsak, 185 



blue, purple on the throat and chest : " bill and feet black ; iris 

 golden yellow " {Stampjii). Total length G-7 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 4-7, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah. West Africa from the Gold Coast to Liberia. 



a, b, c, d. Ad. ; Fantee {Kiihy). Shelley Coll. 



e. Imm. sk. 



f-i. Ad. ; Fantee {H. T. Usslier). Shelley Coll. 



h. Juv. sk. 



I. Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



m. Ad. sk. Wasa, July 1872 (Blissett). Sharpe Coll. 



n. Ad. sk. River Volta (//. T. Ussher). Sharpe Coll. 



35. COCCYCOLIUS. „ 



Type. 

 Coccycolius, Oustalet, N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 155 (1879) C. iris. 



Mange. Loss Islands, Senegambia, 



1. Coccycolius iris. 



Coccvcolius iris, Oustalet, Bull. Assoc. Hcient. France, no. 580, p. 158 

 (1878) ; id. N. Arch. Mm. (2) ii. p. 155, pi. 7 (1879). 



Adult. Golden green ; the cheeks, ear-eovcrts, and iibdomen 

 purple ; bill elongated, the culmen gently incurved, and the feet 

 (which are short) black. Having the aspect of a Golden Cuckoo, 

 but the size a little larger. {Oustalet.) 



Hah. Loss Islands. 



36. HETEROPSAR. 



Eange. Somali-Land in East Africa and Bcnguela in South-west 

 Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Head glossy green like the back ; underneath 



uniform glossy green acuticaudiis, p. 185. 



b. Head white, forming a cap ; underneath streaked 



with white albicapillus, p. 186. 



1. Heteropsar acuticaudus. 



Lamprocolius acuticaudus, Bocaqe, .Turn. Lisb. 1870, p. 345, 1877, 

 p. 156; Sluuye, Cat. Afr. B.'-p. 56 (1871) ; Harfl. Abhandl. nat. 

 Ver. Brcjnen, iv. p. 66 (1874) ; Bocaqe, Orn. Angola, p. 309, pi. vi. 

 (1881) ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 427 (1884). 



Juida acuticauda, Gray, Hcmd-l. B. ii. p. 24, no. 6346 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above uniform glossy oil-green, with 

 a very slight steel-blue reflexion on the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts ; wing-coverts oil-green like the back, the inner lesser and 

 median coverts coppery red, with steel-blue reflexions on the edges, 

 forming a shoulder-patch; both the median and greater coverts 



