40. fiUTTKRA. 381 



1st primary considcnably shorter than the 2nd, which is abi)ut 

 oiiiial to tlie Itlth ; 'rih is ixsrhaps sli>,'htly the longer. 



Tarsus not arnioJ with spurs, rather longer than middle toe and 

 claw. 



Tail composed of IG feathers, modcratcl}- long and somewhat 

 j-ounded. Tail-coverts reach within half an inch of the end of the 

 tail-feathers. 



General plumage black spotted with pale blue, the outer webs of 

 the first four or five secondaries margined with pure white. 



Ran^e. Africa. 



Keij to the Species, 



(Sexca similar in ])lumage.) 



A. A unifnrm black collar. 



a. Black collar covering the upper part of the chest 



only. Naked sldn on head and neck cobalt-blue, 



except chin and throat which are red cristata, p. 381. 



b. Black collar covering the whole chest and usually 



more or less washed with chestnut. Naked skin 

 dark purple, black round the eye and yellowish 



grey round the back of the neck * edouardi, p. 382. 



V>. riuniage spcitted with pale blue right up to the 

 bare skin of the neck. 



c. Crest full and curly. Naked skin on the top of 



the head, roiuid the eye, and on the chin and 

 throat red, rest purplish blue. Wattles rudi- 

 mentary, red ^Mc/it';-rtH(',p.3<3. 



d. Crest of thin erect or semi-erect feathers. Naked 



skin dark (? purplish blue). Wattles well- 

 developed, dark blue plumifera, p. 384. 



1. Gutter a cristata. 



Numida cristata. Pall. Spic. Zool. i. fasc. iv. p. 15, pi. 2 (17G7) ; dm. 



S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 746 (1788); Lath. Ind. Om. ii. p. ()22 (17!10) ; 



lionnut. Tiihl. Emi/cl. Meth. i. p. 1!)2, pi. 85. fig. 3 ( 1791 ) ; Temm. 



Pi(j. et Gall. ii. p."448 (1813), iii. p. (-.82 (1815) [part.];' Steph. in 



IShmcs Ci'cn. Zoi'l. xi. p. 263 (181!)) ; Yarr. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 370, 



pi. 12 (1827) ; Jard. Xaf. Lib., Om. iii. p. 228, pi. 2S(lS36) ; JIarfl. 



Om. ll'.-Afr.-p. 199(1857) [Sierra Leone, .-Vshantet', .\guapim] ; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 126; Fiiisch .^- JIarfl. V6y. Ost-Afr. 



p. 572 (1870) [part.] ; Elliot, Man. Phas. ii. pi. 45 (1872) ; Us^sher, 



Jbi.i, 1874, ]). 71 [Gold Coast]; Biittikofei; N. Leyd. Mus. vii. 



p. 230 ( 1885), X. ].. 98 (1888) [Liberia]. 

 Crested Pintado, Lath. Gc/i. Si/n. ii. pt. ii. p. 688, pi. 62 (1783) ; id. 



Gen. Ili.it. viii. p. 148, pi. 122 (1823). 

 Guttera cristata, Jf 'a(/l. Isi.i, 1832, p. 1225. 

 Numida plumitVra, Sharpe {nee Cassin), Ibis, 1872, p. 73 [Accra]. 



Adult. General plumage black, spotted all over with small round 

 dots of bluish white, and most of the feathers are very narrowly 



* See note on G. edouardi. 



