17. THACHyi'IIOXIS. 



105 



Wh J"'[°^^\'''' J'^'t.*-'' Pn-'^ucwig a checkered appearance; tail- 

 feat he s black.sh, with yellowish spots and notches on the outer 

 webs, the outer eathers banded witli pale yellowish and dark brown 

 bars; crown ot head glossy black ; hinder neck bla.kish brown, the 

 fea hers subternnnally spotted with sulphur-yellow ; eyebrow ^ides 

 ot tacc, ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, and tore neck yellow sli-htlv 

 washed with scarlet, the feathers all minutely tipped with black 

 producing a spotted appearance, the spots much smaller on the fore 



S if'?T. ', ^"'''7 ^^":?*,^ ;"■■-" triangular spot of black ; on each 

 8 e of the breast a black half-collar with large ovate spots of 

 Mhite; remainder of under surface of body pale yellow, mnutelv 

 Slated with tnanguJar dots of smoky blac^k ; flanks brownish; 

 under tail-covert^ crimson ; under wing-coverts ashy white, the edge 

 wh te' Zf T^""^ '"'^ r^^''' ' ^"^'^^ ^'^'^y brown below, ashy 

 iVisbrow '?.r''!,""'.^' T^'- ">" b"^^ g^'^^"^ f^^t lead-cdour; 

 w^l JT. ■ ^'i^- ^'■"^'"■^- ^'''^ ^™gth 7-2 inches, culmen 0-8 

 wing &L, tail 3-lo, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 6-8 inches 

 culmen 0-7, wing 3-05, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-85 ' 



Jlah. East Africa. 



«, 6. d ? ad. .sk. Kilimanjaro, July 3. II. c. V. Hunter, 



.. 2 ad. sk. Xdara, Teita, Aug. ■>,. 1^"%}^: Hunter,' 



d. 6 ad. sk. \o\ River, Teita, July (Dr. J. SheHev Coll 



M. HildcbramU). 



e S ad. sk. Pare, March 8 (Dr. Fischer). Shellev Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Barava, Oct. {Dr. Fischer). Shelley Coll. 



8. Trachjrphonus amaudi. 



MicropogoD darnaudii, Des Murs in L.febvre's Voij. Abys>. p. 133 



Trachj-phonussquamiceps, Heu;,l. Syst. Uehers. ^. A7 (\Sm) ■ Hartl 

 Orn. W.-4/>-.p^l76,note(I.s57); ^«/^/. 76/.', 1861, pp. 12.5 127 

 v; ^\ ,^;, ■*.'■ ^''"■'^' ^''*''' ^V'- ^rit. Mus. p. 18 (1868)' id' 



Ca,,to K,„„micep», Goji,,. «,« P«j„-£«,, Buccooes, ,,. 70, note 



'^'JTsfj'"'""" darnaudi. Gray, Ilund-l. B. ii. p. 177, no. 8486 

 Trachvph(,nus arnaudi, Heunl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 7.;.5. App n clx 

 (1881) ; id. Ibis, 1886, p. 108. ^ 



fhfl^f/ 7''- '-i^ji^"' /" ^- ''''^""'^ b"^ h"^"- " spotted crown, 

 the latter being dull red with yellow shaft-streaks and black bases 

 to the leathers, which are also minutely tipped with black • '• bill 

 piUe fleshy horu-colour, more yellow towards the base ; feet pale 



