.i. I'll yLLOPEZtrs. i i 



matenka) : Shelley, Ibis, L882, p. 367 (Kooroomoorooi Pan); Bohm, 

 J.J. <). 1882, p. 188 (Kakoma); Schalow, J. f. <>. 188-% p. 340 



(Zanzibar) : Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Sue, Zool. jtvii. p. (II (1884 ■. 

 Muschra Req); id. ed. Layard'a A'. 8. Afr. p. 648 ( 1884) ; Fischer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 387 (1884: Naiwascha Lake); Salvad. 

 Am,. Mus. t'ir. Qenov. (2) i. i>. 225 (1884: 8hoa>; />'«/,/«. ./. /". 0. 

 1885, i'. 88 (Gonda); Fischer, /. c. p. 117 (Kipini ; Barawa; 

 Uu<ru); Hnrtert. ././'. O. INSO, ,,. CO 7 (limue I!.); .l,/,v:<, Ibis, 

 L887, p. 62 (Mashupan R.) ; Eeic/ien. J. f. <>. 1887, p. 48 (Victoria 

 Nyanza) ; Matschie, t. c. p. 145 (E. ofKagehi; Lufira; M'buga; 

 Luvule; CJpamba Lake); Reichen. t. c. p. 299 (Manyanga); 

 ,s7»//,-y, TV,/*, lsss, p. :«)4 (.Jipi) ; Reichen. J. f. <). L889, p. 268 

 (Quilimane), L890, p. L08 (Cameroons). 

 Sdetopidius amcanus, Wmjlt-r. Tsis, L832, p. l'7'.»: Cray, A/*/ QraUce 

 Bra. Mus. p. 114 (1844: Gambia); Otirt. //«//. &c. Philom. (7) 

 i. p. 107 (1877) ; SAeJfcy, P. Z & 1881, p. 601 (Pangani); .Etftb*, 

 .!«/., v. p. 301 (IMSS). 



Ai/nfi. (iencral colour above cinnamon-rufous or chestnut ; lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts maroon-chestnut ; wing-coverts 

 like thr back, the bastard-wing feathers blackish, externally more 

 or less chestnut; primary-coverts blackish, with chestnut bases; 

 primaries black, the secondaries blackish, with rufous bases, the 

 rufous colour increasing towards, the innermost secondaries, which 

 are entirely chestnut like the back ; tail maroon-chestnufc, with 

 dusky ends : lores, eyebrow, hinder crown, nape, and hind-neck 

 black, forming a narrow band down the latter ; sides of face and sides 

 of neck white, as well as the throat, gradually shading off into the 

 golden straw-colour of the sides of the neck and fore-neck, the sides 

 of the bitter barred with black ; remainder of the under surface of the 

 bodj deep maroon-chestnut ; the under wing-coverts like the breast, 

 the lower primary-coverts blackish ; quill-lining black, with a steel- 

 blue gloss : ■• frontal shield, bill, and feet beautiful leaden blue : bare 

 orbits pale yellow ; iris sometimes pearly white, sometimes brown " 

 ( //. uylin ). Total length 1<> inches, culmen with frontal shield 2*3, 

 wing 6*5, tail L - 85, tarsus 2 - 6, middle toe and claw 3"5. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being bronzy oil-green above, 

 with rufuis edges to the feathers; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 dingy bronze, washed with maroon ; tail bronzy brown ; head and 

 neck brown, becoming a little blacker on the latter; facial markings 

 as in the adult, but the lora] streak brown instead of black ; under 

 surface entirely white; the sides of the body and flanks as well as 

 the under wing-coverts maroon-ohestnut ; sides of the fore-neck 

 straw-colour, but not so golden as in the adult. 



South-African birds seem to be rather larger than those from 

 Weal Africa and North-east Africa ; the female is perceptibly larger 

 than the male. Thus a female from Lamu measures : total length 

 '.)•;; inches, culmen and frontal shield 2*1, wing 5-6, tail 2*6 tarsus 

 I'- 1, middle foe and claw 3-15. 



A female from Durban measures: total length 10*5 inches, culmen 



and frontal shield 2-2, wing 68, tail 2-25, tarsus 2-8, iddle toe 

 and claw 3*2. 



Hab. The greater pari of Africa. 



