1^ CAPITONID^. 



Pogonias dubius, Illiger, Prodr. p. 202 (1811) ; Bonap. Comp. Av. 



p. 145 (1850) ; id. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12 (1854) ; Eartl. Orn. 



W.-Afr. p. 167 (1857) ; Yen: P. Z. S. 1859, p. 394 ; JBocage, Jorn. 



Lisb. i. p. 143 (1867). 

 Pogonias sulcirostris, Leach, Zool. Misc. ii. p. 46, pi. 76 (1815); 



Wagl. Sijst.Av. Pogonias, sp. 1, p. 164 (1827); Sicains. B. W. 



Afr. ii. p. 166 (18-37). 

 Pogouia ervthromelas, Vieill. N. Did. d'Hist. Nat. iii. p. 236 (1816) ; 



id. Gal. bis. i. p. 18, pi. 32 (1825). 

 Pogonias major, Cuv. Eegne An. i. p. 428 (1817) ; Less. Traite, 



p. 159 (1831). 



clviii (1871) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 172, no. 8418 (1870) ; Mar- 

 shall, Mon. Capit. p. 7, pi. 4 (1871) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 15 

 (1871); Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche^c.^. 29(1875); Oust. Nouv. 

 Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Btdl. p. 150 (1879). 



Laimodon dubius, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 428 (1846). 



Pogonoiliamphus dubius, Des Murs in Chemi's Encycl. (tlList. Nat., 

 Ois.ii.pp. 14, 15 (1855). 



Adult. Above glossy purplish black ; centre of lower back white, 

 forming a conspicuous patch ; wings and tail like the back, the 

 quills blackish, externally glossy purplish black ; the greater coverts 

 washed with dark crimson near the base of the outer web ; crown 

 of head like the back ; lores and feathers below the eye black, with 

 crimson tips ; ear-coverts and cheeks crimson, separated by a black 

 line, which commences below the eye ; throat and fore neck crimson, 

 followed by a broad black baud across the lircast ; centre of breast 

 and abdomen scarlet, slightly varied with yellow tips to the feathers ; 

 sides of scarlet abdomen, as well as a large patch on the sides of the 

 body white, washed with pale yellow ; flanks, thighs, and under 

 tail- coverts glossy purplish black : under wing-coverts ashy white, 

 with those round the edge of the wing black ; quills ashy below, 

 yellowish white along the inner web. Total length 9-5 inches, 

 culmen 1'45, wing 4'5, tail 3-3, tarsus l-l. 



A specimen in my collection, probably an adult female, has the 

 white patch on the sides of the body spotted with black. 



Hah. West Africa, from Senegambia to the River Niger. 



a. Ad. sk. River Gambia. Shelley Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Bathurst, River Gambia {Sir A. Shelley Coll. 



Moloney), 



d-f. Ad. sk. River Gambia. Sharpe Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Senegambia {L. Laglaize). Tweeddale Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. River Niger {Dr. Baikie). Sbai-pe Coll. 



2. ERYTHEOBUCCO. 



Type. I 



Erythrobucco, Shelley, Ibis, 1889, p. 475 E. rolleti. 



Range. North-east Africa. 



