3. MELANOBUCCO. 



25 



e,f. i 2 ad. 



<7, h. $ ad. sk. 

 i. c?ad. sk. 

 A. c? juv. sk. 

 l-o. 5 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 p. cJ ad. sk. 

 q. $ ad. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 

 s, t. Ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 



lu, X. (S 2 ad. 



sk. 

 y. cJ ad. sk. 



Eland's I'ost, May and June 



(7'. C. Atmore). 

 Durban, Natal ( T. L. At/res). 

 Pine town, Natal ( T. L. Ay res). 

 Pinetown, May (?'. L. Ayre&). 

 Pinetowu, March {G. E. <S'.). 



Transvaal, July ( T. E. Buckley) . 



Swazi-Land, June ( T.E. Buck- 

 ley). 



Rustenburg, E. Transvaal. 



Zambesi River (Sir J. Kirk). 



Tete, Zambesi {Sir J. Kirk). 



Shupanga, Shire River {Sir J. 

 Kirk). 



Caconda, Renguela, Feb., April 

 {J. Anchietu). 



Quillengues, Jan. {J, Anchieta). 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. [P.]. 

 ]jiving8tone Expedition. 

 Livingstone Expedition. 

 Livingstone Expedition. 



Shelley Coll. 



Sharps Coll, 



IL Melanobucco irroratus. 



Poo-onorhynchus torquatus (nee Dum.), Scl. P.Z.S.lQQi, p. 112 ; 

 Finsch ^- Hart I. Vliq. Ost-Afr. p. 503 (1870) ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. pp. 756, clix (1871) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 711. 



Pogonorhynchus irroratus, Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, pp. 205, 239; Fischer 

 ^ Reichen. t. c. p. 253 ; Fischer, j'.f. 0. 1879, pp. 283, 291 ; Gurney, 

 ibis, 1881, p. 128 ; Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 593 ; Fischer, Zeitschr. 

 yes. Orn. i. p. 370 (1884) ; id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 125. 



Melanobucco irroratus, Shelley, Ibis, 1889, p. 476. 



Adult. Similar to M. torquatus, but smaller and much more 

 coarsely vermiculatcd above, these vermiculatious extending over 

 the greater coverts and inner secondaries. The black is not so 

 extended over the mantle as in M. torqiiatus. The breast and abdo- 

 men are also pale yellow, with only some greyish mottling on the 

 flanks : " bill black ; feet greyish black ; iris reddish yellow- 

 brown " {G. A. Fischer). Total length G-5 inches, culmeu 0-9, wing 

 3'45, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-85. 



Hah. Eastern Africa. 



a-c. Ad. sk. Mombasa {Rev. J. Wakejield). 



d. <f ad. sk. Mombasa. 



e. S f>d. sk. Mombasa. 



/. Ad. sk. Lamu {Sir J. Kirk). 



g. Ad. sk. Melinda {Sir J. Kirk). 



h. Ad.sk. Usambara Mountains (iS/r/.i'tVA). 



i. Ad. sk. Mamboio {Sir J. Kirk). 



k. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaaui {Sir J. Kirk). 



I. Ad. sk. Ugogo {Sir J. Kirk). 



Sharpe Coll. 



Br. J. Ilildebrandt 



[C.]. 

 Rev. A. F. Buxton 



[■P-]- 

 Shelley CoU. 

 Shellev Coll. 

 Shellev Coll. 

 Shelley CoD. 

 Shelley CoU. 

 Shelley Coll. 



