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CAriTOXlD^. 



2. Trachyphonus suahelicus. 



Trachyphonus cafer (nee Vieill), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 602 ; 



Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 372 (1884); id. J.f. O. 1885, 



p. 125. 

 Tracliyphonus sp., Bnhm, J.f. O. 1883, p. 166. 

 Tracliyphonus suahelicus, Rdchen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 60. 



Adult. Very similar to T. cafer, but may be distinguished by the 

 greater niimher of white spots on the black praepectoral band, every 

 feather of which without exception has a rosy-white terminal spot, 

 ■which is not the case in T. cafer : " bill greyish yellow, with the 

 tip blacker; feet brownish grey; iris carmine-red" (G. A. 

 Fischer). Total length 7-6 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 3'7, tail 3'3, 

 tarsus 1. 



Yonnrj. Differs only from the adult in being duller and in having 

 the colours paler, the feathers of the back edged with pale yellow, 

 not white as in T. cafer. The prscpectoral collar is almost entirely 

 absent, and is only represented by a few feathers tipped with rosy 

 white. 



Hah. Eeplaces T. cafer in Eastern Africa. 



a,b. Ad.etjuv.sk. V^o^o (Sir J. Kirl-). Shelley CoU. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Mamboio (Sir J. Eirk). Shelley Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Dar-e^-Salaam (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



3. Trachyphonus versicolor. 



Trachyphonus versicolor, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Terein. Breynen, Bd. 

 viii'p. 208 (1882); id. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 91 ; id. J.f. O. 

 1882, p. 326 ; id. Ibis, 1886, p. 111. 



Adult. Similar to T. erythrocephaJus, but with less red on the head, 

 and distinguished by the under tail-coverts being entirely yellow. 

 (Harilauh. ) 



Bab. Equatorial Africa. 



4. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus. 



Traflivphonus ervthrocephalus, Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, pp. 206, 240, pi. ii. 

 figs! 1 & 2 ; Ilartl. Ibis, 1886, p. Ill ; Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 291 ; 

 id. F.Z. 8.1889,-^. 357. 



Adult. Similar to T. cafer, but distinguished by the white- 

 Bpotted back and the uniform sides of the face, the whole of the 

 sides of the hinder crown, the ear-coverts, and cheeks being crimson, 

 with a little yellow on the fore part of the eyebrow, below the eye, 

 and the fore part of the cheeks ; the under surface of the body 

 yellow, with a reddish tinge on the fore neck ; down the centre of 

 the throat a broad black band , the black collar on the chest not 



