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TRERONID.E. 



yellow ; under tail-coverts cinnamon, with pale buff edges, the 

 smaller ones partly olive, edged with whitish : a patch near the bend 

 of the wings vinous purple ; primary-coverts and quills black, the 

 latter with narrow yellow edges ; greater wing-coverts and second- 

 aries with broader yellow edges ; tertials olive like the back : under 

 wing-coverts lead-grey with a greenish wash ; quills underneath 

 lead-grey ; tail grey, the lateral feathers with a broad paler apical 

 band, more or less distinct ; tail underneath black, with a broad 

 apical grey band : " iris blue, surrounded by a red rim ; bill bluish 

 grey, with the basal portion red ; feet yellowish flesh-colour " 

 (Shelley), or " orange-yellow" ( W. A. Forbes). Total length about 

 10-5 inches, wing 6'6 to 6*1, tail 3-7, bill from gape 0-9, tarsus 0-9. 



Young (and female?). The naked place on the forehead less ex- 

 tended ; the grey collar at the base of the hind neck less distinct, 

 and the longer under tail-coverts reddish buff, greyish green along 

 the central part. 



Hab. Western Africa from Bissao to Angola and through Equa- 

 torial Africa to East Africa, as far south as Zambesi. 



I have not been able to find differences between Sierra Leone and 

 Angola birds ; those from Central Africa (Bohndorff) and from Kili- 

 manjaro are brighter, having the head, neck, and both under and 

 upper parts yellower, and the grey band at the apical portion of the 

 tail lighter. 



Purchased. 

 Sir E. Sabine. 

 Shellev Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 G. Lagden, Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sir A. Moloney [P.]. 

 Col. Strachan IT.]. 

 Gov. Ussher [C.'J. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 H. F. Blissett, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. Baikie [C.]. 

 W. A. Forbes, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Shelley Coll. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. st. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 /, ff. Ad. sk. 

 /*. Ad. sk. 



?. Ad. sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 

 m, n. Ad. sk. 

 o, p, q. Ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 

 r. Ad.sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 



W. Africa. 



Sierra Leone ( Dr. Claik). 



Sierra Leone. 



Ashanti. 



Ashanti. 



Cape Coast. 



Gold Coast. 



Gold Coast. 



Gold Coast. 



Gold Coast (Aubinn). 



Denkera (Ussher). 



Elbromah, June (Ussher). 



Accra (Buckley). 



Ekraful, Fantee, May. 



v,w. Ad. etpull.sk. R.Niger. 

 x. 5 a d- sk. Shonga. 



y. Ad. sk. 

 z. $ ad. sk. 



a . Ad. sk. 

 //. Ad. sk. 

 c'. Ad. sk. 

 <T. Ad. sk. 

 e . Juv. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



Calabar R. 



Rio del Rev, Cameroons (II. 



H. Johnston). 

 Gaboon. 



Gaboon (Du Chailhi). 

 Gaboon {Du Chaillu). 

 Gaboon (Walker). 

 Gaboon. 



R. Ogowe. 



Purchased. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Shellev Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 H. T. Ansell, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 II. T. Ansell, Esq. 



[P.]. 



