1 . TUHACU8. 445 



Adult male. Uppci' halt' of the head glossy violet ; crest, hinder 

 crowu, cheeks, ear-coverts, and upper half of the neck silky white ; 

 Ijarc skin round the ej'e pale crimson, with some tiny black feathers 

 l)cneath the eye ; remainder of the neck and fore part of chest 

 grass-green, which colour extends up the throat and fades away 

 towards the upper part ; mantle, glossy portion of the wings, buck, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail deep violet-blue : remainder of the body 

 slate-colour, partially glossed with blue on the Hanks and under 

 tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts similar, but also partially washed 

 with grass-green : iris brown ; bill yellow, partially shaded with 

 olive towards the nostrils ; legs black. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 1*15, wing G'o, tail 7'1, tarsus 1-45. 



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

 15"7 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 6*3, tail 7, tarsus l-o. 



Hah. Central Africa west of the Upper N\'hite Xile, from the 

 Bar-el-Gazal to the Albert jS'yanza ; abundant in the Xiam-jS'iam 

 Country, 



a. Ad. sk. Semmio, Niam-Niam Country, F. Bohndorff [C.J. 



March. 



b, c. cS $ ad. sk. Kamari, Equatorial Africa, Dec. Shelley Coll. 



{Emin Pasha). 



d. cJ ad. sk. Faradjak, Sept. {Emin Pasha). Shelley Coll 



e. $ ad. sk. Kabajendi, August. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



14. Turacus hartlaubi. 



Corythaix hartlaubi, Fisch. 8f Reichen. J. f. O. 1884, p. 52 ; Fkch. 



Zeitschi: (/es. Orn. 1884, p. 363 ; id. J. f. 0. 1885, p. 123, pi. 5. 



fig. 1; Schalow, J. f. O. 1886, p. 39; Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, 



p. 57. 

 Tiu:acu3 hartlaubi, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 224, 1889, p. 358. 



Adult male. Upper half of the head and entire crest steel-blue, 

 with a large patch of silky white in front of the eye ; bare skin round 

 the eye scarlet, margined below by a steel-blue band which widens 

 over the cheeks and extends across the gape ; below this a silky 

 white band extending from the gape to beyond the ear- coverts ; chin, 

 neck, and chest grass-green ; glossy portions of the wings, the back, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail glossy violet-blue; the mantle and 

 wing-coverts much washed with the same green as the neck ; 

 remainder of the body dusky slate-colour, partially glossed with 

 violet-blue ; under wing-coverts similar, but partially washed witli 

 grass-green : bill olive, shading into orange-red towards the ends 

 of both mandibles ; iris brown; legs black. Total length 16 inches, 

 culmen !•!, wing (i-;5, tail 7*7, tarsus I'Oo. 



Adult fcmah. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 16 

 inches, culmen I'l, wing 6-7, tail 8, tarsus 1*6.5. 



Jl(d>. East Africa south of the Eijuator, the highlands of ilasai- 

 land and Kilimanjaro. 



