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the spot on the inner web of the first quill is sometimea wanting ; 

 the outermost four primary-coverts steel-blue, the fifth to the eighth 

 white ; a subterminal white band on the outermost two rectrices 

 ■white, divided into two spots by the dark shaft : bill and feet black, 

 iris hazel {F. Oates). Total length about 11 inches, wing 4-3, tail 

 5, bill 1'65, tarsus 1'8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the tips of the 

 primaries grey, and the chin and throat browner. 



Young. Similar to the female, but the head and under surface 

 generally browner. 



Hah. Southern Africa, ranging to Benguela on the west and the 

 Zambesi on the east, and thence northwards to Mombasa. 



a-c. Ad. sk. 



d. Juv. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



f. 2 imm. sk. 

 </, h. 5 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 



j. Ad. sk. 



k. Ad. sk. 



/. 5 imm. sk. 



m. 2 ^d. sk. 



71. (5 ad. sk. 



o. (J ad. sk. 



/). (5 ad. sk. 



g. cS f^d. sk. 



r. Ad. ; s, t, u. 



Imm. sk. 

 r', w, .r. Ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. St. 

 z. Ad. sk. 

 a', h\ J ad. et 



5 imm. sk. 

 c', d'. (S 5 imm. 



sk. 

 e'. Ad. sk. 

 /'. Ad.sk. 

 g'. Ad. sk. 

 A', i'. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 j' , k'. (^ ad. et 



imm. sk. 



South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



South Africa (U. L. Layard). Sharpe Coll. 

 Cape Colony {Butler). Shelley Coll. 



Griqualand, April (T. 6'. Atmore). Shelley Coll. 

 ls-Ata\ {T. Aijres). Sharpe Coll. 



Natal {F. Oates). 



Kroonstaad, Orange Free State, 



May {Symonds). 

 Marico. 



Kanye, Matabele-Land (Dr. H. 



Exton) . 

 Matabele-Land, Sept. 22 {T. E. 



Buckley). 

 Bamangwato, Aug. 5 {T. E. 



Buckley). 

 Metli River, near Shoshong, 



Aug. 10 {F. Oates). 

 Serule, Oct. 18 {F. Oates). 



Palatswie River, Oct. 20 {F. 



Oates). 

 Makalaka Country {Dr. Brad- 



shaw). 

 Zambesi. 

 Zambesi. 

 Zambesi {Dr. 

 Otjimbinque, 



May, June 

 Otjimbinque, 



{C.J. A.). 

 Benguela(J. J. M.). 

 RiverQuanza, Nov. 15 {J. J. M.). 

 Lamu {Sir J. Kirk). 

 Doruma, Aug. 



Mauda Island, Nov. 



Meller). 



Damara-Land, 

 [C. J. Andersson). 



April, June 



W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Gurney Coll. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



W. E. & C. G. Oatea, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 W.E.&C.G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Sir J. Kirk [P.j. 

 Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Monteiro Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 11. C. V. Hunter, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



