34. couA. 411 



Sericosomua ruficeps, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus, Hein. iv. p. 73, note (1862) ; 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. G14. 

 Coua ruficeps tvpicus, Milne- Edwards 6i" Grandid. Hist. Madag., Ois. 



i. p. 1-36, Alias, i. pi. 53 (1879). 



Adult. Above olive-grey washed Tvith lilac, very strongly so on 

 the lower back and upper tail-coverts ; edges of the quills less 

 glossed with lilac ; tail deep violet-blue, with white ends to the 

 three outer pairs of feathers ; entire crown chestnut ; bare patch on 

 the sides of the head indigo-blue, surrounded by black feathers ; 

 the eyebrow very narrow, the black feathers broadest beneath the 

 hinder portion of the bare patch and extending obscurely round the 

 nape ; chin and upper throat white, shading into buff on the sides 

 and below ; remainder of the underparts rufous-buff, very strongly 

 shaded with lilac on the lower throat and fore part of the chest 

 and more slightly so on the flanks and under tail-coverts ; centre of 

 the lower breast and abdomen whitish ; under surface of the wings 

 uniform brownish grey : bill black, with a pale patch on the base 

 of the keel ; iris brown ; legs blackish. Total length 15-1 inches, 

 cidmen O-i), wing G-4, tail 9-5, tarsus 2'2. 



Hah. The forests of Xorth-western Madagascar. 



<i. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Edward Wilson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 h, c. Ad. sk. Madagascar ( Van Dam). Seebohm Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. N.E. Madagascar ( Verreaux). Shai-pe Coll. 



8. Coua olivaceiceps. 



Coua ruficeps, pt.. Grand. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 391 ; Hartl. 



Viig. Madag. p. 24(5 (1877). 

 Sericosomus olivaceiceps, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 615. 

 Coua rutieeps, var. olivaceiceps, Milne-Edwards S,- Grandid. Hist. 



Madag., Ois. i. p. 157, Atlas, i. pis. 54, 55, 56, 61, 64 (1879). 



Adult (type of species). Very similar to C. ruficeps, but differs in 

 the forehead, crown, and nape being olive- brown, slightly darker 

 than the back, with a chocolate-brown shade ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts fulvous- white : bill black, with a small yellow patch on 

 the sides of the base of the keel ; i rides browji ; legs blackish. 

 Total length 17'7 inches, culmcu U-05, wing G-2, tail 9-5, tarsus 

 2-2. 



Hah. Madagascar, from Capo St. Andre to the Bay of St. Au- 

 gustin on the west coast. 



a. Ad. sk. S.W. Madagascar, December. M. Grandidier [P.]. 



(Tj-pe of species.) 



9. Coua cursor. 



Ilaliouts ou Ilarefets, Flacourt, Hist. Madag. p. 166 (1661). 

 Coua cursor. Grand, liev. ft Mai/. Zool. 1867, pp. 80, 391 ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 208, no. 8892 (1870) : Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 241 



