188 stuenidjE. 



Juida bicolor, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 327 (1846) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 



p. 172 (1867) ; Gunm), Ibis, 1868, pp. 46, 465 , Gray, Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 25, no. 6352 (18/'0). 

 Notaiiges bicolor, Cab. Mus. Ilcin. i. p. 198 (1850) ; Grill, Zool. 



Atifeckn. pp. 10, 57 (1850); Hartl. J. f O. 1859, p. 27; id. 



Abhajidl. nat. Ver. Bremen, iv. p. 83 (1874). 

 Araydrus bicolor, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 55 (1871) ; BucMcy, Ibis, 



1874, p. 378 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 78 ; Sharpe, App. Oates 



Matahele-Land, p. 316 (1881). 



Adult male. General colour above bronzy brown, with a distinct 

 gloss of green under certain lights, especially on the head and hind 

 neck, upper tail-coverts, and lesser wing-coverts ; median and 

 greater wing-coverts and quills with a bronzy purplish gloss, the 

 primary-coverts and primaries externally washed with a green 

 gloss ; tail-feathers glossy oil-green, the centre ones with a steel- 

 green gloss ; sides of head and under surface of body bronzy brown, 

 with a slight purplish gloss and a more distinct green gloss on the 

 throat ; abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts 

 like the breast ; quills light brown below : " bill yellow, with the 

 upper mandible and the end of the lower mandible black ; legs 

 black; iris pale yellow " {G. E. Shelley). Total length 9 inches, 

 culmen 09, wing 5'55, tail 3'45, tarsus 1"45. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 9-5 inches, 

 culmen 1, wing 5'8, tail 3'7, tarsus 1'45. 



Young birds, according to Captain Shelley, have the pale portion 

 of the bill buff. In adult birds the gape and the tongue are yellow 

 and, as he points out, the gape has a slight wattle. 



Hah. South Africa. 



a,b. S 2 ad. sk. Cape Town, April 1866 (C. Sharpe Coll. 

 J. Andersson). 



c. (S ad. sk. Cape Town (Butler). Shelley Coll. 



d. $ ad. sk. Caledon, Oct. 13, 1874 (But- Shelley Coll. 



ler). 



e. f. Ad. sk. Ceres, Cape Colony, Jan. 27, Shelley Coll. 



1874 (G. B. S.). 

 o. Ad.sk. MosselBay,April(J'. 0«^«). W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



h, i. (S 2 ad. sk. Natal, June 3, 1873 (T. E. SheUey Coll. 



Buckley). 

 A;, /, m. Ad. sk. Burg Mount, Natal (Gorr/^/e). Shelley Coll. 

 n. c? ad. sk. Newcastle, May 23, 1881 Shelley Coll. 



{E. A. Butler). 

 0. $ ad. sk. Newcastle, June 26, 1881 Shelley Coll. 



{E. A. Butler), 

 p. (S ad. sk. Transvaal (T. Ay res). Sharpe Coll. 



q. cJ ad. sk. Potchefstroom, Jan. 10, 1877 J. H. Gm-ney, Esq. [P.]. 



(T.L.Ayres). 

 r. (S ad. sk. Potchefstroom (T. E. Buck- Shelley Coll. 



ley). 



