104 CAPITOXIDJC. 



crown of head glossy black, the feathers somewhat scale-like in 

 texture ; sides of the crown, sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, sides 

 of neck, and hind neck bright sulphur-yellow, the latter spotted 

 •with black, the sides of the face uniform ; throat and chest also 

 bright yellow ; remainder of under surface of body pale yellow, 

 becoming whiter towards the under tail-coverts, which are crimson ; 

 on the lower throat a triangular black spot ; across the chest a band 

 of dark brown or blackish, the feathers being brown with sub- 

 terminal white spots or bars ; below this band a second imperfect 

 one of scarlet intermixed with a few black spots ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white ; quills dusky brown below, with white 

 bars on the inner web: "bill yellowish red, dusky brown at the 

 end ; feet pale bluish dusky ; iris reddish umber " (Beuglin). Total 

 length 8 inches, culmen 0-95, wing ^-8, tail 3-4, tarsus 1-05. 



Adult feynale. Similar to the male, but wanting the black spot on 

 the throat. Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 3-6, tail 3, 

 tarsus 1. 



Younq. Duller in colour than the adults and with less gloss on 

 the black crown ; the back with scarcely any white spots ; the 

 pectoral coUar only faintly indicated. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Abyssinia {Col. Sturt). Hume Coll. 



b. c? ad. sk. Abvssinia. Shellev Coll. 



c. 9 ad. sk. Zuiilla, Abyssinia, Feb. 4. W. T.'Blanford,E8q. 



d. (5 ad. sk. Koomavli, Abvssinia, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



19 ( W. Jesse). 



e. f. J $ ad. sk. Gabsa, Bogo.s-Land (Esler). Sharps Coll. 

 ff, h. $ ad. sk. Gabsa (Usler). Shelley Coll. 



t. 2 ^-d- sk. Rairo, Aug. 10 (II' Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



k. S ad. sk. Bejook, July 18 ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



/. d ad. sk. Beiook, July 15. W. T. Bl&nford, Esq. 



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m. 2 imm. sk. Efat, Shoa (Sir W. C. Harns). India Museum. 



7. Trachjrphonus boehmi. 



Trachyphonus arnaudi (mc Des Murs), Cab. J.f. O. 1878, p. 240. 



Trachyphonus squamiceps [nee Heugl.), Fischer ^ Reichen. J.f. 0. 

 1879, p. -.'A-I. 



Trachyphonus margaritatus (nee Riijjp.), Bohm, J.f. 0. 1883, p. 161. 



Trach-yphonus boehmi, Fischer Sf Reichen. J.f. O. 1884, pp. 179, 180 ; 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. qes. Orn. i. p. 371 (1884) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, 

 p. 125 ; Hartl. Ibis, 1886, p. 109; Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 357. 



Adult male. General colour above dark brown, with rounded 

 spots of yellowish white ; scapulars less distinctlj- spotted ; lower 

 back uniform brown ; rump dull olive-yellow, with mesial streaks 

 of bright sulphur-yellow : upper tail-coverts crimson ; wing-coverts 

 like the back and similarly spotted ; quills brown, externally notched 



