106 CAP1T0NID.K. 



bluish dusky ; iris umber " (BevgNn). Total length 6-6 inches, 

 culmen 0-75, wing 2-95, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-9. 

 Hab. Equatorial Africa and Upper White Nile. 



a, b, c. 2 ad. sk. Lado, March 20 {Emin Pasha). Shelley Coll. 



9. Trachyphonus purpuratus. 



Trachyphoniis purpuratus, J. ^ E. Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1851, p. 260; Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 135; Hartl.J.f. O. 

 1854, p. 195; £p. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12 (1854); Hartl. Orn. W.- 

 Afr. p. 176 (1857) ; Verr. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 399; Cuss. Pr. Philad. 

 Acad. 1859, p. 141; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 263; Grag, List 

 Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 18, pt. (1868); id. lland-l. B. ii. p. 177, 

 no. 8484 (1870) ; Marshall, Monogr. Camt. p. 151, pi. 60 (1871); 

 Reichen.J.f. O. 1875, p. 9; Oustalet, Nouv. Arch. Mus.' (2) ii. 

 Bidl. p. 68 (1879) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 476 ; Hartl. Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 111. 



Capito purpuratus, Goffin, Mus. Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 71 (1863). 



Adult male. Glossy blue-black, the feathers being black with 

 broad blue-black edges ; upper tail-coverts black, with narrow 

 margins of sulphur-yellow ; lesser wing-coverts white, or white 

 with broad black tips ; remninder of wing-coverts and quills black ; 

 tail black, with a small white spot at the end of the outer feathers ; 

 head like the back, the forehead and eyebrow deep claret-colour, 

 extending to the sides of the neck ; region of the eye bare, of a 

 bright yellow colour in life ; nasal bristles, cheeks, and ear-coverts 

 black : throat and fore neck black, varied with mesial lanceolate 

 streaks of hoary grey with a pinkish tinge ; across the chest a band 

 of crimson, sej)aratiug the fore neck from the rest of the under 

 surface, which is pale but bright yellow, more or less mottled with 

 black on the sides of the body, the feathers of these parts and the 

 thighs and under tail-coverts being black with large ovate spots of 

 yellow at the ends ; under wing-coverts white, with dusky bases ; 

 quills blackish below, ashy browu along the inner webs : " bill 

 yellow; naked space round the eye yellow; feet blackish green; 

 iris reddish brown " {A. lieichenoiv). Total length 9-5 inches, 

 culmen 1, wing 4-45, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-15. 



Hab. West Africa from the Camaroons to Gaboon. 



(7, ft. Ad. sk. Gahoon (Walker and DuChaillu). Sliarpe Coll. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Gaboon. Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Ogow^ River, Gaboon {H. T. Ansell). Shelley Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Camaroons Mountains, Feb. {A. Crossleg). Shai-pe Coll. 



10. Trachyphonus gofiBni. 



Capito gofEni, Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 72 (1863). 

 Trachyphonus goffini, Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 18 (1868) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 177, no. 8485 (1870) ; ^harpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 473 ; 



id. Cat.Afr.B. p. 16 (1871); Marshall, Monogr. Capit. p. 149, 



