30 CAPITONID^. 



3. Tricholsema melanocephalum. 



Pogonias melanoceplialus, Ci-etzschni. in Siipp. Atlas, p. 41, pi. 28. 



fig. a (1827) ; Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 126. 

 Pogonias bifrenatus, Hempr. ^- Ehr. Symh. Phys. t. 8. fig. 2 (1828) ; 



Temm. PL Col. iii. Pogouias, sp. 8 (182.3) ; Bp. Consp.Av. i. p. 145 



(1850); Hartl J. f. O. 1854, p. 197; id. Om. W.-Afr. p. 171 



(1857) ; Hem/l. J.f. O. 1802, p. 36. 

 Laimodon melauocephalus, Riipp. Si/st. Uehers. p. 05 (1845) ; Heugl. 



Ibis, 1859, p. 343 ; id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 196. 

 Laimodon bifrenatus, Gray, Oen. B. ii. p. 429 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. 



Vol. Z]i(j. p. 12 (1854) ; ■ FmwH/.r, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 396. 

 Pogonorhynchus bifrenatus, Heugl. Ibis, 1861, p. 123. 

 Pogonorhvncbus ruelaDOcephalus, Gojfin, Mus. Pays-Bas, Buccones, 



p. 10(1863) ; Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mm. p. 4 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 173, no. 8426 (1870) ; Blanf. Geol. 8f Zool. Abyss, p. 310 



(1870) ; Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 282 (1870) ; Marshall, Monogr. 



Capit. p. 31, pi. 15 (1870); Heugl. Orn. K.O.-Afr. pp. 758, c'lix 



(1871) ; Antin. ^- Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, p. 43 (1873) ; Bocage, Om. 



Anyola, p. 107 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) i. p. 86 



(1884). 

 Tricbolaema melanocephalum, Shelley, Ibis, 1889, p. 476. 



Adult. General colour above glossy blue-black, the head and hind 

 neck uniform, with no crimson on the forehead ; the back ornamented 

 with yellow tips to the feathers, the rump entirely yellow ; scapulars 

 black, externally edged with white ; lesser wing-coverts uniform 

 brown ; median and greater coverts, quills, and tail-feathers blackish, 

 edged with bright yellow, inclining to white at the ends of the 

 feathers ; lores, feathers below the eye, and ear-coverts blue-black, 

 extending in a band along the sides of the neck ; a broad white 

 streak from above the eye to the sides of the hinder neck ; another 

 broad band of white along the cheeks ; throat black, narrowing on 

 the fore neck ; sides of the fore neck and chest and remainder of 

 under surface of body white, with a slight tinge of yellow along the 

 middle of the abdomen ; sides of the body, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts slightly mottled with blackish bases to the feathers ; imder 

 wing-coverts and quill-lining white : " bill black ; feet dusky lead- 

 colour ; iris umber-brown" (Heurjlin). Total length 5'3 inches, 

 culmen 0-65, wing 2-6, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa, ranging across to Senegambia. 



a. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Dr. Riippell [C.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Abyssinia (Esler). Sharpe Coll. 



c. j ad. sk. Eairo, Bogos-Land ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Ailat, Bogos-Land, June 6. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Demben, Bogos-Land (Esler). Shai"pe Coll. 



g, h. Ad. sk. Demben {Esler). Shelley Coll. 



