62. TEXTOE. 511 



k, I J ad. sk. Damara-Land, July (C J. An- Sharpe Coll. 



dersson), 

 VI, n. (S ad. sk. Otjimbiuque, Oct.,Nov. (C/.^.). 



0. (S juv. sk. Kiver Quanza, May 1869 {J. J. Sliarpe Coll. 



Monteiro). 

 p, q. cJ ad. et Galungo, Angola, Sept. {G. A. Sharpe Coll. 



imin. .sk. Siila). 



r, s. (5 $ ad. sk. Iviulo and ITumbe, Oct. {J. An- Shelley Coll. 



chieta). 



Subsp. a. Textor intermedius. 



Textor intermedius, Cah. in Von der Decken's Heis. iii. p. 33, pi. ii. 



(1869) ; Finsch ^- Hartl Viig. Ostafr. p. 385 (1870) ; Gray, 



Handel, B, ii. p. 40, no. 6555 (1870) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 



1884, p. 333 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 196 (1884); 



Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 410 ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 67. 

 Textor albirostris (pt.), Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 44. 



Adult male. Similar to T. niger, but with only a little white at 

 the base of the inner web of the primaries : " bill red, the edges 

 and tip brownish ; feet yellowish grey-brown; iris brown " (&. A. 

 Fischer). Total length 8-8 inches, culmen 0'95, wing 4-75, tail 3-6, 

 tarsus 1"3. 



Hah. Zanzibar district of Eastern Africa, north to Somali-Land. 



a,b. fS ad.etjuv.sk. Somali-Land (£. Zw< P/uY/t/Js). Shelley Coll. 



Subsp. /3. Textor scioanus. 



Textor erythrorhynchus {nee Sm.), Sorsf. (§• Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E. I. Co. ii. p. 521 (1856). 

 Textor scioanus, Salvad. Ann. Miis. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 195(1884), 



vi. p. 296 (1888). 

 Textor albirostris, pt., Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 44. 



Adult male. Similar to T. niger, but without the white base to 

 the inner lining of the quills, which are ashy towards the base of 

 the inner web ; bill red and having a swelling at the base of the 

 culmen : " bill blood-red, inclining to brown at the tip ; feet horn- 

 brown ; iris dull chestnut ' {Bagazzi). Total length 8'7 inches, 

 culmen 0-85, wing -Iw, tail 3'7, tarsus 1*2. 



Hah. Shoa. 



a. 5 imm. sk. Harbodi, Shoa, July {Sir W. C. India Museum. 



Phillips). 

 I. 6 ad. sk. Daimbi, Shoa, Nov. 9 (0. Anti- Shelley Coll. 



nori). 



