1. COCCT8TE8. 221 



Hah. This is a grey-chested race of 0. jacobinus which occurs in 

 South-eastern Africa, extending, according to Dr, Reichcnow, to the 

 Loaugo coast in South-western Africa. 



«. Ad. sk. S.E. Africa. Seebohm Coll. 



b. S ad. sk. Inland's Post, S.E. Africa ( 7'. C. Sharpe Coll. 



At more). 



c, d. Ad. sk. Durban, Natal {J. Gordge). Shelley Coll. 

 e,f. Ad. .sk. Natal ('/'. Atjre.'^. Sharps CoU. 

 tj. 2 juv. sk. Natal, March 20 ( W. Arnold). Seebohm Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Pretoria (,7; Pratt). Seebohm Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Between I'retoria and Rusteu- F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



berg. [P.]. 



/.-. Ad. sk. Transvaal (7'. Ay res). Sliarpe Coll. 



I, m. cJ ? ad. sk. Transvaal, Nov. ( T. E. Buck- Shelloy Coll. 



le,,). 



n. Ad. sk. Potcheiatrooui. F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Subsp. /5. Coccystes caroli. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 

 Coccystes caroli, Norman, Ibis, 1888, p. 407. 



Adidt. Similar to 0. jacobinus, but diiferiug in its larger size and 

 in the dusky streaks on the throat. Total length 14 inches, cul- 

 meu 1, wing (3-7, tail S-'J, tarsus I'lo. 



Hub. Ugowe Eiver, Gaboon. 



(t. Ad. sk. Ogowe Eiver. H. T. Ansell, Esq. (Type of 



C. caroli.) 



4. Coccystes cafer. 



Cuculus cater, Licht. Cat. rer. nat. Ilamb. p. 14 (1793). 



Variete du Coucou Edolio, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. v. p. 44, pi. :^0'J 



(I80(i) ; Sundev. Krit. cm Levaill. p. 47 (18-37). 

 Cuculus afer. Leach, Zool. Misc. i. p. 72, pi. 31 (1814): Steph. Gen. 



Zool. ix. p. 115, pi. 24 (1815). 

 Coccyzus levaillautii, Swains. Zool. Illustr. 2ud series, i. pi. 13 



(1829). 

 CuciUus levaillantii. Less. Traite, p. 148 (1831). 

 U.xylophus vaillantii, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 182 (1837). 

 Oxylophus ater {nee Gm.), Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 96 (1845) ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 102 (1850) ; Hartl. Orn. West-Afr. p. 188 (1857). 

 O.Yylophus afer, Gruy, Gen. B. ii. p. 404 (1847j ; Heuyl. Syst. Uebers, 



p. 48 (1850) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 253 (1807 j ; Ueuyl. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr.W. p. 790 (1870); Blanf. Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss, p. 312 



(1870; ; Fi7isch, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 285 (1870) ; Marti. 



Abhandl. nat. J 'er. Bremen, vii. p. 210 (1881); Bo/un, J. f. O, 



1883, p. 100, 1885, p. 41 ; Schalow, J.f. 0. 1880, p. 417. 

 Oxylophus levaillanti, Licht. Nomeiwl. Av. Berol. p. 78 (1854). 

 Coccystes afer, tab. ^- Heine, Mas. Hein. Th. iv. p. 48 (1802) ; Schl, 



Mus. Pays-Bas, Cucidi, p. 44 (1864) ; Antin. ^- Salvctd. Viagg. 



Bogos, p. 49 (1878) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 3 ; Bocaye, Orn. 



Angola, App. p. 542 (1881). 

 Coccystes cater, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 58; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. 



