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5. ANASTOMUS. 309 



(1869); Finsch .^ Ilartl. Vof/. Odafr. p. 726 (1870); Grmj, 

 Hnnd-l. B. iii. p. 3G, no. 10198 (1871) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 270 

 (Transvaal); Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. irf. p. 283 (l872) ; 

 He.uyl. Dm. N.O.-Af,: ii. pt. 1, p. 1119 (1873); Bocage, J. f. O. 

 1870, p. 301 (Humbe); Hartl. Vm/. Madar/. p. 313 (1877); 

 Reichm. J. f. O. 1877, pp. 164, 276 ; Fi.:.cher, J. f. O. 1879, 

 pp. 284, 297: BoAm, J. f. O. 1882, p. 190 (Kingani ; Ugalla 

 River) ; Holub Sf Pelz. Bei'tr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 289 (1882) ; Schalow, 

 J.f. O. 1883, p. 340; W.A.Forbes, Ibis, 1883, p. 537 (River 

 Niger) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. i. p. 385 (1884 : Maurui) ; 

 Biilnn, J. f. O. 1885, p. 39 (Gonda) : Fischer, t. c. p. 117 (Euga- 

 tana) ; Hartert, J. f. O. 1886, p. 607 (Sokoto) ; Emin, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 474 (Albert Nyanza) ; Reichen. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 49 (Simiu R.); , 

 Matscliie, t. c. p. 146 (IM'Buga ; Itambe Lake ; Liifira ; Likulwe ; 

 Upamba Lake) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1889, p. 268 (Quaqua); Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1894, p. 477 (Nyasa-land) ; Fleck, J.f. O. 1894, p. 386 

 (Nocaua, July) ; Reichen. Voy. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 57, figs. 28, 29 

 (1894 : Bagamoyo ; Tauga; Kawende ; Lake Tanganyilca) ; Shelley, 

 B. Africa, i. p. 159 (1896) ; id. Ibis, 1897, p. 551 (Nyasa- 

 land). 



Hians capensis. Less. Man. d'Or?i. ii. p. 252 (1828). 



Anastomus laminigerus, Gray in GriJfiWs Anim. Kinyd. iii. pp. 353, 

 510, cum tab. (1829). 



Hiator lamelligerus, Rcichenb. Natiirl. Syst. Voy. pp. 25, xix (1852) ; 

 Bp. Consp. At\ ii. p. 109 (1855). 



Anastomus madagascariensis, Milne-Edio. C. R. xci. p. 1037 (1880); 

 id. ^- Grandid. Hist. Nat. Maday., Ois. p. 519, pis. 211-214 (1882); 

 Sibree, Ibis, 1892, pp. 113, 117 (Madagascar); Shelley, B. Africa, 

 1. p. 159 (1896). 



Hiator lamelliger, Heine ^- Reichen. Nomencl. Mas. Hein. p. 312 

 (1890: Senaar). 



Adult. General colour above black, with a very slight greenish 

 gloss ; the mantle, scapulars, and upper back with stiffened glossy 

 plumes of bronzy brown, some of them glossed with metallic purple ; 

 wngs similarly bronzed and glossed : greater coverts, bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, quills, aud tail-feathers black, distinctly glossed 

 with green, the under surface of the quills and tail-feathers metallic 

 green ; head, neck, and underparts black, with a few of the feathers 

 of the crown, face, and throat ornamented with tips of metallic 

 black ; the feathers on the lower throat and fore-neck with elongated 

 lanceolate tips of metallic green or bronzy brown ; breast and 

 abdomen black, the feathers with elongated narrow tips of 

 metallic horn : under wing-coverts and axillaries blackish : *" bill 

 dusky, basal half whitish, and conspicuous wheu the bird is freshly 

 killed ; iris double, the inner ring pale yellow, the outer dusky ' 

 {T. Ayres). Total length 28 inches, culmen 7, wing 15*7, tail 7, 

 tarsus 6'4:. 



Professor Milne-Edwards and M. Grandidier have separated the 

 Madagascar bird as distinct from the African species on account 

 the straighter bill and the longitudinal striations on its sides. 

 These striations appear to me to be assumed with the adult 

 breeding-plumage, as the young birds certainly have smooth sides 



