37. sPKEO. 191 



6. Spreo pulcher. 



L'Oranvert ou Merle a ventre orauge du Senegal, Month. Hid. Nut. 



Ois. iii. p. o77 (1775). 

 Merle a ventre orange du S(Snegal, Daub. PL Enl. iv. pi. 358. 

 Turdus pulcher, P. L. S. Mull. Syst. Nat. Siippl. p. 139 (177G) ; 



Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 249. 

 Orange-bellied Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 63 (1783), 

 Turdus erythrogaster, Bodd. Tahl. PL Enl. p. :22 (1783). 

 Turdus chrysogaster, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 385 (1788). 

 Lamprotornis chrysogaster, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 18 (1823). 

 Lamprotornis rufiventris, Itupp. Neue Wirh. p. 27, pi. xi. fio-. 1 



(1835-40) ; Sioains.B. W. Afi: i. p. 151 (1837) ; Rimp.Syst. Uelers. 



p. 75 (1845). 

 Juida erythi'ogastra. Gray, Gen, B. ii. p. 327 (1846). 

 Juida rufiventris, Gray, t. c. p. 327 (1846); Luyard. B. S. Afr 



p. 171 (1867). 

 Lamprocolius chrysogaster, B]}. Consp. i. p. 415 (1850) ; Ilurtert 



J.f. O. 1886, p. 586. 

 Notauges chrysogaster, Cab. M-us. Hein. i. p. 198 (1850); HartL 



J.f. 0. 1859, p. 26 ; HeuyL J.f. 0. 1863, p. ■22, 1869, p. 9 ; id. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 518 (1870), iv. App. p. cxxvi (1871); Blanf. 



GcoL Sr ZooL Abyss, p. 397 (1870) ; Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 269 



(1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 54 (1871) ; Antin. ^- Salvad. Viagg. 



Bogos, p. 126 (1873) ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, p. 81 



(1874) ; Rovhvhr. Faun. Seneg., Ois. p. 231 (1884). 

 Lamprocolius rufiventris, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 120 (1857) • 



Brehm, Reis. Habesch, p. 216 (1863) ; Antin. Cat. dcscrr. Ucc 



p. 61 (1864). 

 Lamprotornis cinereiceps, Pr. Wiirtt. MSS. ; Hnigl. J. f. O 1867 



p. 294. 

 Juida pulchra. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 25, no. 6353 (1870). 



Adult male. Above metallic green with a slight purplish shade ; 

 wing-coverts like the back; quills blackish, externally metallic 

 green, the primaries creamy vphite for the greater part of the inner 

 web ; tail-feathers metallic steel-blue ; crown of head, sides of face 

 and ear-coverts glossy bronzy brown ; lores blackish ; throat and 

 breast metallic green ; lower breast, abdomen, sides of body, thighs, 

 and under tail-covcrts rich bay or chestnut ; axillarics and under 

 wing-coverts also chestnut, except those near the edge of the wing, 

 which are metallic green ; quills creamy white below, with dusky 

 brown ends : " bill dusky ; feet leaden blackish ; iris pale yellow " 

 (HevgJiu). Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 4-45, tail 2-4, 

 tarsus 1-3. 



Adult female. Like the male. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 

 0'75, wing 4'4, tail 2-6, tarsus 1-25. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being altogether duller and 

 browner, with metallic green wings and tail ; the throat and breast 

 brown ; the abdomen rufous ; the bill yellow. 



Uab. N.E. Africa, reaching to the Niger district and Senegambia. 



fl. Ad. St. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Zoological Society. 



c. $ ad. sk. Anseba Valley, July 23, 1868. W. T. Blanf ord, Esq. [C.]. 



