12. xxphidiopieeus. 147 



1. Xiphidiopterus albiceps. 

 VaneUua albiceps, Gould, P. Z. S. 1834, p. 45 (Fernando Po). 

 Lobmii.ellus albiceps, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 33; Ilartl. On,. 



iqko '£'o,« ( ' : Fernan do Po); Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 



r 'I ' ]'/ '/''-- ftm ™ a ?•); Sar«. J./. O. 1801, p. 268; /ta'dien. 

 i .r ,10-V' P '- (Loango); Om«& AWy. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. 



?i>- { lf- \ KlVer °" ow ' 5 ) J ^ A - Forbes, Ibis, 1883, p. 534 



(River Niger); Bdttik. Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 236 (1885; 



Liberia); Marten, J. f. O. 1886, p. 609 (Iddali on tbe Niger 



^oko on the Beniie) ; Bilttik. Notes Leyd. Mus. xi. p. 130 (1887) ; 



beebohm, Geoyr. Distr. Charadr. p. 195, pi. viii (1888) 

 Sarciophorus albiceps, Fraser, Zoo/. Ti/p. pi 64 (1849) 

 ^H^opterus albiceps, Reichenb. Grail, tab. clxxxi. fio-. 2432 



(18o0) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 418 (1856). 

 Iloplopterus speciosus {nee Wayler). Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 97 



(1 ®,T. : Render R); Salvad. Atti R. Accad, Sci. Torino, 1870, 



1808 255 Aft ' P ' 293 (deSCr -' neC loc ^ '' Gieme !J> Ibis > 



Iloplopterus aibiceps, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 13, no. 9974 (1871); 



Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. 1, p. 1007 (1873); Reichen. J. f. O. 



187 / , p. 11 (Loango Coast) ; id. J.f. 0. 1885, p. 217 (Stanley Pool) ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard s B. S. Afr. p. 667 (1884 : descr., nee foe.). 



Adult .General colour above light brown, the lower back white 

 with a black band across it; rump and upper tail-coverts pure 

 white ; scapulars like the back, but the outer ones white, forming a 

 patch ; wing-coverts black ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts pure 

 white ; quills for the most part pure white, the three outer 

 primaries black, with white on the inner webs, the innermost 

 secondaries hke the back, the proximal ones white, externally 

 brown ; basal half of tail white, the terminal half black, forming a 

 very broad band, decreasing in size on the outer feathers ; forehead 

 and centre of crown white, bordered with blackish along the sides 

 ot the crown ; a broad eyebrow, as well as the whole of the sides 

 of face, cheeks, and sides of neck, bluish grey, followed by a white 

 patch on the upper part of the mantle ; centre of throat and under 

 sur ace of body pure white, including the under wing-coverts and 

 axillaris: "fore half of bill black, basal half clear citron-yellow; 

 the lappets dark citron-yellow, with a black spot on the inner 

 side; feet bright grass-green; iris clear sulphur-yellow" (E. 

 llartert) lotal length 11 inches, culmen 1-35, wing 8-1, tail 3-7, 

 tarsus 2-9. 



Bab. West Africa from Liberia to the Congo, and along that 

 river eastwards to the Upper White Nile (Dender River). 



a-e. Ad. sk. Ankobra River. Sir R.Burton & Capt. 



f \a =1, t.- »■,. Cameron [P.]. 



' ,' \ ' l £ lver Nl " er - Dr- talkie [C.J. 



g. Ad. sk. lernando Po (L. Fraser). Eyton Coll. 



i ii j -, (Tvpe of species.) 



I .Ad sk FernandoPo. C.-.pt.lUon fp.l. 



••$ad.ak. Ogowe River. II. T. Ansell, Esq. 



*■ Ad. st Gaboon. PtSased. 



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