4u. NIMIUA. 379 



Kirk, Ihis, 18(J4,p. .'5.'50 [Ziimbesi]: Gray, List GuUiim- firit. Mus. 

 j).4:i (]NG7) ; Fimch Sf Hartl. Fix/. Ost-Afr. p. 570 (1870) ; Elliot, 

 Moti. Fhas. ii. pi. 41 (1872) ; Hartl. Vm/. Mndaq. p. 275 (1877) : 

 Fischer, Zeit. ges. Orn. i. p. 380 (1884); id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 119 

 f Dar-es-Salaam.Rafjamovo, Maiirui,Mkaramo, Paril; Meyer, Voy.- 

 .Skel. pt. X. pi. m (188G)'; Reich. J. f. O. 1887, p. 51 [Uzeguha] ; 

 >iibree, Ihis, 1891, p. 500. 



Mitred Pintado, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. ii. p. 688(1783); id. Gen. 

 Hist. viii. p. 148 (1823). 



Querelea luitrata, L'oiiap. C. E. xYii. p. 870 (1850). 



Querelea tiarata, liounp. C. 11. xlii. p. 876 (1856). 



Numida tiarata, Hartl. Orn. Mada(/a.9. p. 08 (1801) : Sclat. F. Z. S. 

 \m:',. p. 125 ; Forh >5- ^\'wt. Jim, 1803, p. 108 ; Neu-t. Ibis, 1803, 

 ]). 454 L-Madajrascar], 1805, p. 1.53 [Is. of Rodriguez] ; id. F. Z. S. 

 1865, p. 830; iichl. F. Z. S. 1860, p. 425 [Nossi-b6, Mayotte, 

 introduced] ; Grandid. Fer. et Mag. Zool. 1807, p. 418; Follen et 

 Tan Dam, Fecherrh. Madar/. p. 118 (1808) [Bouzv] ; Sharpe, 

 F. Z. S. 1870, p. 399; Newt.' F. Z. S. 1877, p. 301 [Anjuan, Mau- 

 ritius] ; Shellett, F. Z. S. 1879, p. 078 [Grand Comoro]. 



Nuniida tiara, Gray, List Gallince Brit. Mus. p. 44 (1807). 



Nuniida mitrata, var. tiarata, Grandid. Hist. Mudag., Ois. ii. p. 500 

 (1885). 



Adult. Very similar in plumage and appearance to N. coronata, 

 but may be at once recoonized by the shape of the helmet, 

 which is much smaller and nearly conical in shape, the base 

 measuring 1 inch in length and the height U-7. The feathers of 

 the lower part of tlie neck and upper chest are finely barred with 

 black and white. Top of the head scarlet, helmet jialcr ; rest of the 

 naked skin on the sides of the face and neck Idue; wattles blue, 

 tijiped with red : legs and feet brownish horn ; bill yellowish horn, 

 reddish towards the base. Total length 20 inches, wing lO-o, 

 tail 0-2, tarsus 3-2, middle toe (with claw) 2-6. 



Hal). East Afi-ica, Comoro Is., Madagascar, Kodriguez, and other 

 islands, into which it has probably been introduced. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Mombasa, August. G. C. Mackenzie, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Zambesi. Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Grand Comoro (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. ^Madagascar. Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. Madagascar (Borshcr). Sliellev Coll. 



f-h. Pull.sk. Madaga.^car, March. \V. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



i. $ ad. sk. Ikodriguez (2^.i/. 67«^«-). Transit of Venus Exp. 



k. Sternum. liodriguez. Transit of Venus Exp. 



6. Numida ptilorhyncha. 



Numida ])tvIor]i\nciia, Licht., Less. Traite d'Oni. p. 498(1831); id. 

 Co>nj)l. d'e Biif. ii. y. 2WJ (18:)7). 



Numida ptiloriivnclia, Fiijip. N. Wirbel. p. 184 (18.35-40) ; Graii, 

 List of B. pt. "iii. Gidl. ]). .-JO (1844) ; id. lu-n. B. iii. p. 501. ])1. 128 

 (l.'>45): Licht. Fiij>/>. -Sysf. Ucbers. pp. 102, 105, pi. 30 (1845) 

 [.\byssinin, Sennaar, KordofauJ ; Licht. Cat. .)/?«. Berl. p. 86 

 (1854) ; Heugl. i>yst. Ceber-s: p. 50 (1855) [Abyssinia up to 8000 



