441 



Tui'acus persa {iiec Linn.), Layurd, B. S. Afr. p. 223 (18C7) ; id. 



Ibis, 1869, p. 372 ; Hulub S,- Pelz. Orn. Sildafr. p. 138 (1882). 

 Turacus musophagus, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 125, uo. 7850 (1870). 



Adult male. Similar to T. livinfjstoni, but differs in having the 

 crest shorter and evenly rounded, the metallic feathers of the back 

 and wings washed with blue at their edges and bluer than the tail : 

 bill orange-brown ; iris brown ; legs black. Total length 17 inches, 

 culmen 1-1, wing 6-8, tail 8, tarsus 1-7. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 17 

 inches, culmen M, wing 7, tail 8, tarsus 1-G. 



Hah. Confined to Houth Africa, where it ranges from the Zaml)esi 

 into Xatal and the Cape Colony, being plentiful at the Knysna. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. South Africa. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Cape. India Museum. 



e. c? ad. sk. Knysna, March (C.J. ^wrfe;%?.sow). Sharpe Coll. 

 f,y. Ad.sk. King\villiamstowu(rrci'e/ya?0- Shelley Coll. 

 h. Ad. sk. Eland's Post {T. C. Atmore). Sharpe Coll. 



i, k. Ad. sk. Natal. Tweeddale Coll. 



/, m. Ad. sk. Durban, April (Gordye). Shelley Coll. 



n. Ad. sk. Lydeuberg, Transvaal. F. Barratt, Esq. [P.]. 



8. Turacus schuetti. 



Corythaix schuetti. Cab. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. ISO; id. J.f. 0. 

 1879, p. 445; Bocaqe, Orn. An(/ola,-p. 541 (1881); Sharpe, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 433 (1884) ; Schaloiv, J. f. O. 1885, pi. o. 

 fig. 2, 1886, p. 34. 



Adidt, Differs from the foregoing white-tipped species in having 

 the tail and metallic portions of the wings uniform violet-shaded 

 blue, and the back indigo-blue ; crest short and evenly rounded : 

 iris brown ; bill and legs dusky black. Total length 15 inches, 

 culmen O'O, wing 6-5, tail 7*7, tarsus 1-4. 



Hah. Central Africa, from Angola to the Xiam-Xiam country, 

 probably occurring throughout the district watered by the Congo 

 and its tributaries. 



a. Ad. sk. Semmio, Niam-Niam Couutrj', F. Bohndorff rC.l. 



March. 



9. Turacus macrorhynchus. 



Corvthaix niacrorhvncha, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 34; Gray, Gen. 



B. ii. pi. 95 (]S4o); Ifarfl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 124, 1855, p. 361 ; 



id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 157 (185f); Sharpe, Ibis, 1809, p. 193; id. 



Cat. Afr. B. p. 11 (1871); Shelley, Ibis, 1872, p. 28C: ScAaluw, 



J./, d. 1886, p. 36. 

 Turacus macrorhynchus. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 395 (1845) ; Bp. Consp. 



p. 87 (1850); 'liilpp. Arch./. Xalury. xiii. p. 320 (1851); Hartl. 



op. cit. xviii. p. 19 (1852) ; Jard. Contr. Orn. 1852, pp. 73, 78; 



