298 



PLOCEID^. 



Bi(clle)j). Total length 4'5 inches, ciilmen 0-5, wing 2"3, tail 1*7, 

 tarsus 0'6. 



Young male. Similar to the adult female, and without any red on 

 the forehead or throat, but duller in colour, being brown with a 

 wash of oHtc on the head ; under surface of body ashy brown, buffy 

 whitish on the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts, and with 

 scarcely any indications of whitish cross barring. 



Bab. From the Congo region in "NV. Africa to Angola and Damara 

 Land ; thence to the Transvaal and Natal : throughout East Africa 

 to Equatorial Africa. 



a. cJ ad. sk. 



b. J ad. sk. 



c. c? ad. sk. 

 (1. S fid. sk. 

 e. (S ad. sk. 



/. 2 ad. ; f/, fi, i. 



Juv. sk. 

 k, l. c? 2 ad. ; m. 



cJ juv. sk. 

 n. 2 ad. St. 



0, }). (S $ ad. sk. 

 q. cS ad. sk. 

 r, s. d $ ad. sk. 

 t. 2 ad. sk. 



%t. S ad. sk. 



V, 10, X. (S imm. 



sk. 

 y. c? ad. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 



a', b'. (S $ ad. sk. 



c'. c? ad. sk. 



Landana, Congo, Feb. {L. 



Petit). 

 Quanza River, Angola. 

 Quanza River, Angola. 

 Benguela. 

 Otjimbinque, Damara-Land, 



Aug. 21 (C. J. Andersson). 

 Otjimbinque, July, Oct. (C. 



J. A.). 

 Otjimbinque, July, Sept. (C 



J. A.). 

 Magaliesbergen, Transvaal, 



Dec. 22. 

 Transvaal {T. Ayres). 

 Natal. 



Weenen, Natal. 

 Bamangwato, Oct. 26 ( T. E. 



Buckley). 

 Matabele-Land, Sept. 29 



(7'. E. Buckley). 

 Tati, Matabele-Land, Sept., 



Oct. (F. Oates). 

 Tete, Zambesi {Sir J. Kirk). 

 Lamu, East Africa {Sir J. 



Kirk). 

 Manda Island, Nov. 



Kibiro, Oct. 11. 



Shelley Coll 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Mouteiro Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Shelley CoU. 



Prof. Wahlberg [C.]. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe CoU. 

 Shellev Coll. 

 Shelky Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Livingstone Exped. 

 SheUey Coll. 



F. J. Jackson, Esq, 



[P.]. 

 Emin Pasha [P.]. 



Siibsp. a. Zonogastris soudanensis. 



Zouogastris elegans {nee Gni.), Hurtin. J. f. 0. 1863, pp. 313, 407. 

 Pytelia elegans {ncc Gin.), Antin. Cat. descn: Ucc. p. 73 (1864) ; 



'Salvad. Atti B. Accad. Torino, v. p. 742 (1870). 

 Pytelia melba {nee L.), Heuyl. J. f. 0. 18G4, p. 248 ; Peh. Verh. z.-b. 



Ges. Wien, xxx. p. 014 (1881), xxxii. p. 509 (1882). 

 Pytelia melba, var. citerior, Haiti. Ahhandl. nat, Ver. Bremen, vii. 



p. 104 (1881). 



AihiU male. Similar to Z. melha, but rather more golden on the 

 fore neck and chest, the red on the throat extended in the same 

 manner, but of a rosy red instead of scarlet. Total length 4-8 

 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-25, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-6. 



