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and wing-coverte, the greater series with inroad white tips, Cora 

 a band on the wing; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black, the 

 inner feathers white; <juills black, the primaries white at the I 

 of the inner web, the secondaries white at the base of both webs, 

 increasing towards the inner one--, which are white with a black 

 tip and then become entirely white; the innermost secondai 

 brown like the back ; upper tail-coverts and base of tail pure white, 

 the terminal half of the tail black with a white tip. the bla/;k 



decreasing in extent towards the outer feathers, where it forn 



sub-terminal band only; lores and a frontal band black, continued 

 in a broad eyebrow to the nape, where it joins and forms a band, 

 encircling another white band which surround- a black patch on 

 the top of the head ; ear-coverts, sides of neck, fore-neck, and chest 

 a-l y brown, darker i" the latter, and succeeded by a narrow band 

 of black across th< breast; fore part of face and throat whitish; 

 lower breast and abdomen, as well as the under tail-coverts, under 

 wing-coverts, and axillaries, pure white: "bill bright red, e. 

 the points of the mandibles, which are horn-coloured; feet bright 

 red, but the toes are tinged with dark purple on the upper surface ; 

 iii- yellow")'''.'. ./. Andereson). Total length 12*5 inches, culmen 

 1*35, win;' 8*4, tail 3*6, tarsus 'j. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 11*5 

 inches, wing 7 - 7. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but browner, and having the 

 feathers of the upper parts barred and margined with sandy buff, 

 before which is a sub-terminal dark bar; crown of head brown, with 

 handy edges to the feathers, the ring round the coronal patch being 

 sandy buff, white only round the occiput; lower throat and foe- 

 neck ashy brown, strongly washed with sandv buff. 



//«/-. South Africa, to East Africa as far north as Shoa and 

 Sornali-land, on the west to Damara-land. 



«. Ad. sk. South Africa. Tweeddale ColL 



b. Ad. sk. S.E. Africa. Lord LiJiord 'I'.". 



c $ ad. sk. Eland's Post (T. C. Atmore). Seebohm Colt 



i. Ad. sk. Natal (T. Ayres). J ireeddale ColL 



e. 2 ad- i-k. Natal, Nov. (T. Ayres). Seebohm Coll. 



/. o 7 ad. sk. Natal, May ] i i T.E. Buckley). Shelley ColL 



if. d ad.sk. Newcastle, Natal, May 18. Capt. Savile Beid 



f>, i. 6 2 ad. sk. Burg Mount, Durban, June Seebohm Coll. 



{Gordge). 



k. Juv. sk. Elephant River. Purchased. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Transvaal i 7'. Ayres). Seebohm Coll 



m. 2 juv. sk. 1'otcbef-troom, ./an. ( T. Ayres). Ournev Coll. 



w. cT ad. sk. Tati, Maiabele-land, March W. E. ft C. G. Oates 



[F. Oates). I .- . 1'. . 



/ ' 2 ad. Damara-land, March, Sept. Seebohm Coll. 

 sk {<'. J. Andaman). 



r. Ad. sk. Otjimbuique, Daman-land, Tweeddale Coll. 



j t ( C. J. Anderuon). 



«. Ad fk. Shoa [Sir 11'. /,'. J J arris). India Museum. 



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