17. TRACHVpnoxrs. 103 



very distinct, but htrj^cly spotted with ovate white markings on the 

 sides of the chest. Total length 8'5 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 3-8, 

 tail 3-;3, tar-sua 1-15. 

 Hah. Eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Ta%eta. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.l. 



b. $ ad. sk. East side of Kilimanjaro, H. (J. V. Hunter, 



July 3. Esq. [P.]. 



5. Trachyphonus shelleyi. 



Trachyphonus erythrocephalus (nee Cab.), Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 394. 

 Trachyphonus shelleyi, Hartl. Ibis, 1886, pp. 105, 111, pi. v. 



Adult (type of species). Similar to T. erythrocephalus, but very 

 much smaller, the head black ; eyebrow and sides of face yellow 

 washed with crimson, the ear-coverts almost entirely crimson, with 

 a posterior patch of white behind the latter ; thi'oat yellow, with a 

 broad median line of black. Total length 7 inches, culmen 09, 

 -wing 3-1, tail 2-8o, tarsus 0-95. {Coll. E. Lort PhilUps.) 



Hab. Somali-Land in Eastern Africa. 



6. Trachyphonus margaritatus. 

 Biicco margaritatus, liiipp. in Cretzschm. Atlas, Vogel, p. 30, pi. 20 



Tamatia erythropygos, Uempr. ^- Ehr. Symh. Phys. t. 7 (1828). 



Lypornix erythropygos, Wayl. Isis, 1829, p. 658. 



Micropogon erythropygos, Temm. PL Col. iii. pi. 490 (18-30). 



Micropogon margaritaceus, Temm. Tabl. M6th. PL Col. p. 55 (1839). 



Tracbvpkonus margaritatus, Riipp. 6'i/st. Ueber-s. p. 95 (1845) ; Bp. 

 Coii.<'p. Av. i. p. 142 (1850) ; id. t'onsp. Vol. Zi/g. p. 12 (1854) ; 

 Heiiyl. Ibi.^, 185!), p. 343 ; Verr. P. Z. S. 1859, p.";jy9 ; Het/yl. Ibis, 

 1861, p. 124; Aittin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 62 (1864); Grai/, List 

 Capit. Brit. 3Ius. p. 17 (1668) ; id. Iland-l B. ii. p. 177, no. 8482 

 (1870); Blaiif. Geol. ^- Zool. Ab>/ss. p. 311 (1870); Finsch, Tr. 

 Z. S. vii. p. 281 (1870) ; Fin-^ch ^- Hartl. Vog. Osfafr. p. 506 

 (1870); Marshall, Monoyr. Capit. p. 143. pi. 27 (187C)) ; lleiigl. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 764, App. p. clx (1871); Antiyi. ^- Salvad. 

 Viaqg. Bogos, p. 45 (1873) : Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gtnov. (2) i. 

 p._8li (1884), yi. p. 210 (1888) ; Hartl. Ibi^, 188G, p. 106. 



Ca]iito margariticus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 430 (1846). 



(^apito margaritatus, Goffin, Mus. Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 67 (1803). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, varied with rounded 

 subtermiiial white spots ; lower back and rump sulphur-yellow ; 

 upper tail-coverts crimson ; wing-coverts, like the back and similarly 

 spotted ; quills and tail-feathers brown, externally checkered with 

 white spots, those on the tail-feathers tinged with yellow, the outer 

 tail-feathers regularly barred with brown and yellowish white; 



