:3. pi.uvianus. 33 



Adult male. General colour above slaty brown ; crown of bead, 

 hind neck, and mantle glossy greenish black, the feathers of the 

 mantle elongated and lanceolate, so as to ovorhang the lower back, 

 concealing a white patch on the upper back ; the mantle bordered 

 on its upper part by a broad band of white on each side : wing- 

 coverts like the back, the greater series white with ashy bases ; 

 bastard-wing black, the feathers edged externally with slaty grey ; 

 primary-coverts black, edged with slaty grey, the inner ones white, 

 with black tips ; quills black, the outer primaries ashy at the base, 

 the remainder of the quills white at the base, the primaries tipped 

 with black, preceded by a broad white band, occupying nearly the 

 terminal third of the feather ; the secondaries crossed by a broad 

 black band before the white tips, this black band narrowing and 

 almost disappearing on the inner secondary quills ; the innermost 

 secondaries slaty blue like the back, with white ends, except on the 

 longer ones, which are entirely slaty blue ; tail-feathers slaty blue, 

 with broad white tips, preceded by a band of black on all but the 

 centre feathers ; crown of head greenish black, as also the lores, 

 feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts, extending in a black band 

 down the sides of the neck and joining the black mantle ; from the 

 base of the bill a broad streak of white, passing over the eye and 

 joining on the sides of the nape, and forming a crest ; cheeks and 

 chin white, fading off into pale tawny buff on the lower throat and 

 fore neck ; across the chest a band of black, which continues upward 

 and joins the sides of the neck ; centre of the breast and abdomen 

 white, extending on the chest and joining the white band which 

 skirts each side of the scapulars ; sides of the body, tlanks, and 

 under tail-coverts tawny buff, deeper on the latter ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, the quills also for the most part white 

 below, with the black band distinctly indicated across the feathers : 

 11 bill black; feet bright leaden grey; iris umber-brown" (von 

 Heugliri). Total length 8-3 inches, culmen OS, wing 5 - 4, tail 2 - 3, 

 tarsus 1*3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but the long mantle-feathers 

 not so strongly developed. Total length 8"3 inches, wing 5 - 3, 

 tarsus 1*25. 



Hub. The same as that of the genus. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Egvpt. L. Cunningham, Esq. 



[P.]. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Egypt. Victor Ames, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Cairo, April 4. Gould Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. 5th Cataract of the Nile. F. Galton, Esq. [P.]. 



g. Ad. sk. Senegal (D'Einville). Kiocour Coll. 



h. J ad. sk. Shonira, It. Niger ( TV. Forbes Coll. 



A. F.). 



i. Ad. sk. River Coanza. Monteiro Coll. 



