17. xuAcui:i'HoNi;s. 99 



black ; throat emerald-wreeu, followed by a band of bright yellow 

 on the fore neck, iuclining to whitish on the sides of the neck ; the 

 chest black, forming a band below the yellow throat; breast and 

 remainder of under surface emerald-green, paler on the centre of 

 the body ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; quills below dusky, 

 yellow along the inner edge : " iris brown ; legs dull green ; bare 

 skin round eye green " (L. Wrai/). Total length ll-li inches, culmen 

 1-2, wing 4-'0, tail 3-2,' tarsus i-2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length lO-o 

 inches, culmen 1'2, wing 4-7, tail 4-2, tarsus l*2. 



Young birds are much duller in plumage than the adults, the 

 head is browner, and the hoary grey band across the crown is less 

 distinct ; the yellow and black bars on the throat are much 

 smaller. 



JIab. Mountains of Perak in the iTalayan Peniusula and moun- 

 tains of Sumatra. 



tt,b. (S ^ ad. sk. Mouutains of Perak. L. ^^'ray, Esq. 



[P.]. " 



c. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Gould Coll. 



d. Juv. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 

 e-g. (S ad. ; h-k. Mount Sago, Sumatra, Aug., Tweeddale Coll. 



2 ad. et juv. Sept. {Carl Bock). 



sk. 

 l-ti. Ad.; o. Lolo, Sumatra (Car/ ^ocA). Tweeddale Coll. 



Juv. sk. 

 p. $ juv. sk. Siedjoimdjong, Sumatra, Sept. Tweeddale Coll. 



(Carl Bock). 



17. TRACHYPHONUS. 



Type. 



Trachvphonus, Ranzuni, Elem. di Zoologie, iii. p. 1.59 



(1821) T. cafer. 



Taraatia, Hempr. Sc l^hr. Sijmh. P/n/.i. pi. vii. (1828) . T. margaritatus, 



Cucupicus, Less. Man. ii. p. IIG (It^i^S) T. cafer. 



Micropogon, Temm. PI. Col. livr. 8:i (1830) T. margaritatus. 



Polysticto, Smith, Rep. Exped. S. AJi: p. 40 (183G). T. cafer. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Kei/ to the Sjjecies. 



Tail and wings spotted or barred with 



white. 

 a'. Nape and hiud neck uniform black ; 

 crown cre.-ted, black ; forehead and eye- 

 brow varied with yellow and scarlet. 

 a", l^ack black, generally varied wilh 

 white transverse edges to the feathers. 

 All the feathers of the black pr;epec- 



toral band not tipped with while cafer, p. 100. 



a.2 



