3'J, DAsYi.oi-nus. 403 



d. Ad. sk. l''eruaudo Po. L. Fraser [C.J. 



e. Ad. sk. .Muni Rivor (Z)MC7(ai7/w). Tweeddale Coll. 

 f-k. Ad. sk. Gaboon ( Walker). SLnrpo Coll. 



/, m. Ad. sk. Gaboon. Shelloy Coll. 



II. Ad. sk. Bembe, Angola. Monteiro Coll. 



3. Ceuthmochares australis. 



ZancIostoiuLis soneiis (nee J'icilL), Gunu-i/, Ibis, 1859, p. 248; Finsch 



^- Ilartl. Vo(/. Ostafi: p. 52-5 (1870) ; Ifeur/l. Oni. N.O.-Afr. 



pp. 791, clxiv (1871-73); Biihrn, J.f 0. 1883, p. 165. 

 I'htunicophaes aereus, Schl. Mus. I'ays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 50 (18G4). 

 Ceuthmochares australis, Sharpe, P.Z. S. 1873, p. 009; id. ed. Layard's 



B. S. Afr: p. 101, pi. 5. fig. 1 ; Shellei/, Ibis, 1875, p. 82 ; Cab. 



J.f. O. 1878, p. 2.38; Shelley, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 595. 

 Zanclostomus australis, Ilartl. Vog. Madag. p. 230 Q877) ; Fisch. ijj- 



Reichen. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 342 ; Fisch. J.f. O. 1885, p. 123. 



Adult. Crown and back ashy olive ; wiug-s glossy olive-green ; 

 upper tail-eoverts and tail very brilliant yellowish green ; sides of 

 tho head grey, with a bare slaty-grey ophthalmic patch extending to 

 the bill ; beneath ashy, nearly white towards the chin, and tinted 

 with olive-ycUow on tho sides and base of the throat and on the 

 chest ; lower breast, flanks, and thighs dusky grey, strongly glossed 

 on the abdomen with green ; under tail-coverts glossy green ; under 

 wing-coverts dusky grey ; quills dusky brown, with a slight olive 

 gloss : bill yellow, with a triangular black patch at the base of 

 the culraen ; iris crimson ; legs black. Total length 14 inches, 

 culmeu 1'15, wing 5, tail 7*8, tarsus 1"2. 



Immature. Has some slight traces of rufous edges on the greater 

 wing-coverts ; throat slightly more shaded with olive-yellow ; under 

 tail-coverts dusky ; under wing-coverts mottled with rufous. 



Hah. East xlfrica, from Usaramo to the Natal Coast. A specimen 

 has been recorded from the Bay of liombatoc in Madagascar (Bojer) ; 

 but no mention is made of it in Grandidier's great work on the 

 Zoology of that island, and doubtless some mistake as to the 

 origin of this specimen has occurred. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa. Seebohm Coll. 



b,c,d,e. Ad.sk. Natal (^iyre*-)- Sharpe Coll. 



f. g, h. Ad. sk. Dm-ban, Oct.', April. Shelley Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Zambesi {Sir J. Kirk). Livingtone Expedition. 



k. Ad. sk. Lamu {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



32. DASYLOPHUS. ^^p^ 



Dasylophus, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 324 (1837) D. superciliosus. 



Rancje. Confined to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. 



1. Dasylophus superciliosus. 



Phcenicophaus superciliosus, Cia\ Diet. Hist. Xat. x. p. 55 (1820) ; 

 Z^>.«. Man. On,, ii. p. 127 (1828) ; Blyth, J. A. S. Bemj. xi. p. 925 

 (1812J; Schl. Mas. Pays-Bos, Cuculi, p. 51 (lSi;4). 



2 D 2 



