508 PLnCT;TD.15. 



62. TEXTOR. 



Type. 



Textur, rcmm. I'l. Cul iii. text to pi. 446 (1828) T. albirostris. 



Alecto, Less. Traite, \^. 4o3 (1831) T. albirostiis. 



Bubaloriiis, Smith, Hep. Expl. Exped. Centr. Afr. p. 50 



(I806) ' T. nijrpr. 



Dertroides, Swtmis. B. W. Aft: p. 161 (1837) T. albirostris. 



Alectrornis, Beichenb. t. c. p. 89 (1861) T. albirostris. 



Head of Tiwtor nigcr. 

 lianr/e. Coufinod to Africa. 



Kei/ to the Species. 

 Bill vvbite in living bird, wliite Avith black tip 

 genei'ally in skin ; no white whatever on the 



base of the inner webs of the quills alhirostris, p. 508. 



Bill coral-red in the living bird, red or yellowish 



in skin. 

 «'. With a large white base to the inner lining of 

 the quills ; bill swollen at base of culmen in 



adults niyer, p. 509. 



b'. With a very small white base to the inner 

 lining of the primaries ; base of culmen not 



swollen intennedius, p. 51 1 . 



c'. With a scarcely perceplible shade of pale ashy 

 at the base of the inner lining of the primaries ; 

 base of culmen swollen scioanus, p. 511. 



1. Textor albirostris. 



C'occothraustes albirostris, Tieill. N. Bid. d'llist. Nat. xiii. p. 535 



(1817). 

 Textor alecto, Tmim. PI. Col. iii. pi. 446 (1846) ; Hes Miirs in 



Lefebme's Toy. Abyss, p. Ill (1845) ; Biqjp. Syst. Uehers. p. 76 



(1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 350, pi. 87. fig. 1 (1849) ; Cab. Mm. 



Hein. Th. i. p. 183 (1850) ; Hevql. Syst. Uebers. p. 37 (1856) ; 



Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 131 (1857) ; id. J. f. O. 1801, p. 176 ; 

 ■ Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 40, no. 6552 (1870) ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 632 (1870), iv. p. cxxviii (1871) ; Blunf. Geul. Sf Zool. 



Abyss, p. 402 (1870) ; Finseh, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 261 (1870); Antin. 



8f Salvad. Viagf/. Bo(/os, p. 123 (1873) ; Hartl. Ahhandl. nat. Ver. 



Bremen, vii. p. 101 (1881); Felz. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxx. 



p. 148 (1881). 

 Alecto alecto, Less. Traite, p. 434 (1831). 

 rioceus alecto, Bi'ijyp. Neve Wirb., T'dff. p. 100 (1836). 

 Dertroides albirostris, Stcnitts. Classif. B. ii. p. 279 (1837) ; id. B. 



W. Afr. i. p. 163 (1837), 



