1. TiJEAcrs. 443 



crest-feathers duskj' green, with only the faintest tinge of red on 

 one of the featliers. It also differs in this stage from the young of 

 T. macrorhijnclms in having the bill darker and less yellow. 



Hub. West Africa south of the equator, ranging from the 

 Congo to the Cameroons on the north and to Stanley Pool in the 

 interior. 



«. Ad. sk. West Africa. J. Murray, Esq. [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. West Africa. Purchased. 



c, d. Ad. sk. River Niger. T. Tliompson, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Cameroons Mountains, Dec. Sharpe Coll. 



{Crossley). 



f. (S ad. sk. Cameroons (oOOO feet, H. British Association [P.]. 



H. Johnston). 

 (J, h. Ad. sk. Gaboou ( Walker). Shelley Coll. 



i. (S ad. sk. Conde, River Congo. Sbellev Coll. 



1 1 . Turacus fischeri. 



Corvtbaix lischeri, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1878, p. 88; id. J.f. O. 

 1878, p. 2oi\ pi. 4. fig. 1 ; Fischer, t. c. pp. :290, 354, 1870, 

 pp. 288, 291, 30;] ; id. Sf Reichen. t. c. p. 340 ; Fischer, J. f. 0. 1880, 

 p. 189, 18-5, p. 123 ; Schcdoxv, J. f. 0. 1886, p. 46; Skellei/, Ibis, 

 1888, p. 297. 



Tui-acus liscberi, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 590. 



Achdt male. Head, neck, and fore part of chest gi-ass-green, 

 gradually passing into blood-red on the terminal half of the 

 feathers of the crest and back of the neck, this red colour deepen- 

 ing almost into black on the longer feathers of the crest ; feathers 

 of the hind crest and nape tipped with silky white ; a bare patch 

 round the eye red, margined in front by a broad white band which 

 extends to the bill, and below by small black feathers which form 

 a patch on the cheek ; behind this black cheek-patch a broad white 

 band extends to below the ear-coverts ; metallic portion of the 

 wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail nearly uniform green, slightly 

 shaded with blue, and with a pearly lustre on the mantle ; lower 

 portion of the chest, abdomen, thighs, tinder tail- and wing-coverts 

 dusky black, partially glossed with green : bill orange, inclining to 

 olive near the nostrils ; iris brown ; legs black. Total length lo'o 

 inches, culmen I'l, wing 6-3, tail 7*3, tarsus l*o. 



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

 inches, culmen 1"1, wing 6-4, tail 7'S, tarsus l-.jo. 



Hab. Confined to East Africa south of the Equator, between 

 Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar, 



rt. 2 "■"1- sk. Miiuiuni, Sc'pt. Dr. Fischer [C.]. 



l>, c. (S 2 fid. sk. Kipingoni Creek, Januirv. F. J. Jackson, 



Esq. [P.l 

 d. Ad. sk. Lamu (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



., f. Ad. sk. Malindi (Sir J. Kirk). Shellev Coll. 



