15. CENA. 



503 



outer under wing-coverts cinnamon, the inner ones and axillaries 

 black ; tail above grey, the central feathers and the next two pairs 

 blackish towards the tij), the remainder have a black subapical band 

 and the tip grey, the outer feather of each side has the outer web 

 mostly white : " iris brown ; bill with the basal half lake-red, the 

 end half a fine dark gamboge ; tarsi and feet dark rose-red " 

 (Ayres). Total length 9-25 inches, wing 4*4, tail 5*4, bill 0*55, 

 tarsi 05. 



Female. Differs from the male in having no black on the head 

 and throat ; forehead, cheeks, chin, and throat white, slightly greyer 

 towards the crown, which is brown like the back ; ear-coverts, sides 

 and front of the neck, and crop pale ashy brown. 



Youmj. Resembles the female, but has blackish bands on the 

 crown and neck ; the wing-coverts greyish brown, with blackish 

 bands and whitish-buff apical spots : " bill blackish ; feet dark 

 purple " (Antinori). 



Bah. Tropical and Southern Africa, and also Madagascar and 

 Arabia, where it is found near Jeddah and Aden. 



a. d ad. sk. 



b. 2 ad. sk. 

 e. 3 ad. sk. 

 d, e. 3 ad. sk. 

 f,9- 6 2 ad - sk - 



h, i. S ad. et $ 



imm. sk. 

 k, I. 6 ad. et £ 



imm. sk. 

 m. S a d. sk. 

 n. 2 ad. sk. 

 o. j juv. sk. 



p. S ad. sk. 



q. ($ ad. sk. 



r-w. <S 2 a d- e 't 



juv. sk. 

 x. $ ad. sk. 

 y. 2 ad. sk. 

 s. cj ad. sk. 

 a', b'. S 2 ad. sk. 



c '-ff'- <S 2 ad - sk. 

 h'. 3 ad. sk. 



»'. 3 juv. sk. 



k'. 2 ad. sk. 

 r. 2 ad. sk. 



m . 3 ad. sk. 



Cape (Butler). 



George Town (T. C. Atmoi-e). 

 Elands Post. 



Kingwilliamstowu ( Trevelyan). 

 Burg Mount, Durban, June 



(Gord;/c). 

 Potchefstroom, Jan. (T. L. 



Ayres). 

 Potchefstroom, May, Jul)* 



( T. L. Ayres). 

 Transvaal, July (J. E. Buckley). 

 Transvaal. 

 Between Pretoria and Mun- 



gwato, July (i\ Oates ). 

 Crocodile R., Transvaal, Julv 



(F. Oates). 

 Tati, Sept. (F. Oates). 



Tetti. 



Lamo (Kirk). 

 Pangani R. (Kirk). 

 Mombas. 

 Kilimanjaro, Jan. 



Shoa (Harris). 

 Dongolo-Tigr^, Abyssinia, 



May. 

 Ain, Lebka Valley, Abyssinia, 



Aug. 

 Ain, Abyssinia, Aug. (Jesse). 

 Koomayli, Abyssinia, June 



(Jesse). 

 Koomayli, Abyssinia, June 



(Jesse). 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Salvin-Grodman Coll. 



Gurney Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe CoU. 

 W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 W. E. & C. (I. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Liviniistone Expedi- 



dition [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



I'-'- 

 India .Museum [P.]. 

 W.T. Blanford, Ivq. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



