3. IIELANOBUCCO. 27 



<j. Juv. sk. Rufisque, Senegal (Z. Laglaize). Tweeddale Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. St. Louis, Senegal (Z. Laglaize). Tweeddale Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Connor's Hill, Fantee, Nov. 25 (ZT. Sliarpe Coll. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Yancoomassie {H. T. Blmett). Sharpe Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. River Prah (H. T. Blissett). Slielley Coll. 



n. (S ad. sk. Shonga, lliver Niger ( W. A. F.). Forbes Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Siiarpe Coll. 



13. Melanobucco undatus. 



I'ogonias undatus, liiipp. Neue Tfirb., Tog. p. 52, pi. 20. fig. 2 (183'5) ; 



JJp. Consp. Av. i. p. 146 (1850). 

 Eucco undatus, De.s Murs in Lefebvre's Voy. Abyss, p. 130 (1815). 

 Bucco undulatus, Des Murs in Lefebvre's Voy. Abyss., Atlas, pi. 10. 



fig. 2 (1845). 

 Laimodon undatus, Edpp. Si/st. Ucbers. p. 95 (1845) ; Gray, Gen.B. 



ii. p. 422 (1846) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 46 (1856). 

 Pogonorhynchus undatus, Heugl. Ibis, 1861, p. 123; Gvffin, Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Buecones, p. 8 (1863) ; Gray, List Capit. in Brit. Mus. 



p. 3(1869); id. Hund-l. B. ii. p. 173, no. 8424 (1870); Blanf. 



Geol. 4- Zool. Abyss, p. 310 (1870) ; Finsch, Tr. Z. 8. vii. p. 283 



(1870): Heiujl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pp. 757, clix (1871); Marshall, 



Mon. Capit. p. 27, pi. 13 (1871) ; Antin. ^ Saluad. Viagg. Bogos, 



p. 42 (1873) ; S'alvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) i. p. 84 (1884). 

 Pogonorbvnchus squamatus, '■'■ Keugl.^' (ubi ?), Gray Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 173, no. 8430 (1870). 

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



Adult male. General colour above dusky, the mantle washed 

 with glossy blue-black and barred with white ; the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts barred and tipped with sulphur-yeUow ; wing-coverts 

 brown, edged with yellowish white ; quills and tail-feathers 

 brown, [margined with sulphur-yeUow ; forehead dark crimson ; 

 hinder crown and nape glossy blue-black ; above the ear-coverts a 

 broad streak of white ; sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, and 

 chest glossy blue-black ; sides of fore neck, chest, and under surface 

 of body ashy white, washed with pale yellow on the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts, and barred across with dusky blackish ; under 

 wing-coverts yellowish white ; quills ashy below, yellowish alono- 

 the inner web : " bill black ; feet lead-colour ; iris white " (0. Anti- 

 nori). Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-2, tail 1-9 

 tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 6-2 

 inches, culmen Q-S, wing 3-1, tail 1*9, tarsus 0-7. 



Hub. North-eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Baron Laugier. 



b,c.<S2 ad. Adigrat, Tigre, April 14. W. T. Blanfurd, Esa 

 sk. [C.]. ^' 



d. d ad. sk. Rayrayguddy, May ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. cT ad. sk. Senafe, April 14 ( if\ Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 

 /. S ad. sk. Kokai, Aug. 9 ( W. Jesse). Sharpe Coll. 



g. S ad- sk. Shoa, June 22 (O. Antinori). SLellev Coll. 



