IS. OENTKOPl'S. 



303 



same extent as iu C sHj^erciUosus ; tlio feathers on the sides of the 

 body and under tail-coverts have dusk}' bars. Total length 15-1 

 inches, culmen 1-4, wing (3-7, tail 9, tarsus 1*0. 



Youn;/. Differs from the adult in having a buif eyebrow ; the 

 upi)er parts of the head with pajtial rufous shaft-stripes ; the back 

 of tlie neck, upper back, and wings barred with rufous and black; 

 the pale bars on the tail more numerous, and the feathers on the 

 sides of the lower throat with well-marked buff shaft-stripes edged 

 witli black. 



Hub. S.E. Africa, extending north to the Transvaal and the 

 Zambesi. 



a. Imm. sk. 



b. Iiiim. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



(1. J ad.; e. 2 imm. 



sk. 

 /,(/. c? ad. sk. 



/(. Ad. sk. 



i, Ic. d 2 nd- sk- 



/, VI, n. 5 ad. sk. 

 0, p. <S 2 fid. sk. 

 q, r. Ad. ; s. Juv. 



sk. 

 t. 5 ad. sk. 



u. cS ad. sk. 



V, w. Ad. sk. 

 X. 2 ad. sk. 



y, z. Ad. sk. 

 «'. Ad. sk. 



South Africa. 

 South Africa. 

 Grahamstown (2". C. At- 



more). 

 East London, Jan., July, 



Eland's Post, June {T. 0. 



Atmore). 

 Kingwillianistown ( Treve- 



lyan). 

 Durban, Natal, Sept. 



{Gordye). 

 Durban, Sept. (Gordye). 

 Pinetowu, Feb. ( T. L. Ayres) 

 Natal (2". Ayres). 



J. Eocke, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Sharps Coll. 



J. C. Rickard, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



SheUey Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 (Tj'pes of the species.) 



Seebohm Coll. 

 , Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Julv 



[T. 



Swaziland, 



Bnclchy). 

 Transvaal, July 



Buckley). 

 Pretoria {Pratt). 

 Crocodile River, Julv {F. 



Oaten). 

 Tete, Zambesi (Sir J. Kirk). 

 Zambesi {Dr. Meller). 



E. Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. E. & C. G. Gates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Livingstone Expod. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



28. Centropus superciliosus. 



Centropus superciliosus, Hempr. ^- Ehr. Symb. Phys. fol. r (1828) ; 

 Piipp. Neue Wirh., Toy. p. oG, pi. 21. fig. 1 (IS.S'o) ; Bp. Comp. i. 

 p. 107 (1850) ; id. Comp. Vol. Zyyod. p. .5 (18.54) ; Horsf. tS- 

 Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E. I. Co. ii. p. (.581 (l8oG) ; Monteiro, P. Z. S. 

 18G5, p. 91 ; Heuyl. Ont. N.O.-Afr. pp. 797, clxv (1870); Blanf. 

 Geol. S)- Zool. Abyss, p. 3lo (1870) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. G20 : 

 Dresser ^- Blanf. Ibis, 1874, p. ?„•](! ; Beichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 1-5 ; 

 Bocaye, Orn. Anyola, p. 1."jO (1877) ; id. Jurn. Lisboa, vi. p. GG 

 (1878) ; Kichohon, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 359 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, 

 p. 238 ; Fi.^c/ier ^'- Beichen. t. c. p. 2-52 ; Scl. ^- Ilartl. P. Z. S. 

 1881, p. 172; Shelley, t. c. p. 595; Sarfl. t. c. p. 955; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 73; Biikm, J.f. O. 188.3, p. 164; Sehalou: f.c. 

 p. 34G; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 400; Biihm, J. f. 0. 1885. p. 41 ; 

 Fi,ocher, t. c. p. 123; Boeaye, Jor». Lisboa, 188(i, p. i> : Beichen. 

 J.f. O. 1S87, p. 58; Salvad, Ann. J/(/.s. Cic. Gen. 1888, p. 215. 



