222 CTTCTTLIB.^;. 



p. 220, no. 9086 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 10 (1871) ; Shelky, 

 8) Buckleij, Ibis, 1872, p. 285 ; Us'sher, Ibis, 1874, p. 53 ; Ayves, 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 224 ; Salved. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 95 

 (1884) ; Shmye, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 158, 810 (1884) ; id. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 43-3 (1884) ; Bilttik. Notes Leyden Mus. 

 Tii. p. 225 (1885) ; Norman, Ibis, 1888, p. 407. 

 Oxylophus cafer, Gurney in Anderss. B. JDam.-Ld. p. 225 (1872). 



Adult male. Above glossy black ; -wing-coverts like the back ; 

 primaries brown, with a large patch of white at the base ; taU- 

 feathers like the back, with broad white ends ; crown of head with 

 the occipital crest a little darker than the back ; sides of the face 

 like the back ; remainder of under surface of body white, slightly 

 tinged with buff, the sides of the neck, throat, and chest streaked 

 with black, diminishing in breadth on the chest ; a few streaks 

 sometimes to be seen on the thighs ; under wing-coverts buffj- 

 white, the lower series blackish ; asillaries ashy ; bUl black ; feet 

 brownish grey ; iris dark brown. Total length ] 5*5 inches, ciilmen 

 1-2, wing 7"3, tail 10, tarsus 1*15. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 15 inches, 

 culmen 1-2, wing G-8, tail 8-5, tarsus 1*2. 



The black stripes on the throat and breast vary considerably in 

 extent in different individuals, but these variations are not coinci- 

 dent with a difference in locality. 



Young. Brown above, shaded with violet, and mottled with some 

 greenish-black feathers ; tail decidedly more violet, and having 

 only the two outer tail-feathers tipped with white ; under surface of 

 body whitish, washed with brown on the throat, thighs, aiid under 

 tail-covcrts ; the dark centres to the feathers of the throat very 

 irregularly indicated : bill and feet browner. Total length 13 

 inches, wing 6. 



Hub. West Africa from Senegambia to the Gold Coost : North- 

 east Africa from Bogos-Land touth to the Niam-Niam country, and 

 throughout East Africa to the Zambesi, and from thence southward 

 to Natal and westward into Damara-Land. 



a~d. Ad. sk. River Gambia. 



e. Ad. St. River Gambia. Governor Rendall[P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. R. Gambia (Sir A. Moloimj). Shelley Coll. 



g, k, i. Ad. sk. Sierra Leone. Seebohm CoU. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Fantee (if. T. Ussker). Sharpe Coll. 



m, n. Ad. ; o, p. Fantee. A. Swanzy, Esq. [P.]. 



Juv. sk. 



q. Juv. sk. Fantee (Kirby). Shelley Coll. 



r, s, t. Ad. sk. Dciikera, Jan., Dec. (H. F. Sharpe Coll. 



M, V. Ad. sk. Near Accra, Feb., April {G. E. Shelley Coll. 



S.). 

 w, X, y. r? ad. ; Otjimbinque, Damara-Land, Tweeddale Coll. 



z. Juv.sk. %l&xch,lso\.(C.J.Andersson). 



a', b'. $ ad. sk. Weenen, Natal, March 2 ( W. Seebohm Coll. 



Arnold). 

 «'. Juv. St. S.E. Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



