'.]. MFSOPIIAGA. 



447 



and legs black. Total length 17"3 inches, cnlmon 1-15, wing T'l, 

 tail 8, tarsus 1*65. 



Hab. Confined to South Africa, ranging from the Zambesi through 

 Natal to the Knysna in Cape Colony. 



a, b. Ad. St. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 

 e-Ic. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. St. 

 m. Ad. sk. 



Natal. 



Natal. 



Natal. 



Durban, April (G.E.S.). 



Zambesi {Sir J. Kirk). 



Zambesi {Dr. Meller). 



Purchased. 

 Sir A. Smith. 

 Sharpo Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Livingstone Expeditiou. 

 Shelley Coll. 



2. Gallirex chlorocUamys. 



Corythaix porphyreolophus {nee Vig.), Rdpp. Neue Wirb., VHy. p. 7 

 (1835-40); Finsch ^- Ilartl. Viirj. Odafr. p. 473 (1870); Bohm, 

 J.f. 0. 1882, p. 208; Dubois, Bull. Mm. licUj. iii. p. 147 (1884). 



Tm'acus porphyreolophus, Riipp. Arch. f. Nafuri/. xvii. p. 321 (IBol); 

 id. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 74 ; Grmj, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 45. 



Gallirex chlorochlamys, Slielley, Ibis, 1881, p. 118 ; id. P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 590, 1885, p. 358 ; Biihn,J.f. O. 1885, p. 42; Fischer, t. c. 

 p. 123; Schalo20,J.f. O. 1886, p. 52; Reichen.J.f. O. 1887, p. 57. 



Adult. Similar to G. porpliyreoloplms, but differs in having the 

 grass-green portions of the plumage uniform, with no trace of a pink 

 shade. Total length 16-3 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 7'3, tail 8, 

 tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. The whole of Eastern Africa, replacing G. porphyreolophus 

 north of the Zambesi, and extending to Abyssinia. 



a. Ad. sk. Zambesi, June. 



b. Ad. sk. Zambesi. 



c. Ad. sk. Shupanga, Shire River. 



d. c? ad. sk. Mozambique, April 30 (//. //. 



Johnston). 



e. Ad. sk. Kovuma River (/. Thomson). 



f. g. Ad. sk. Ugogo {Sir J. Kirk). 



h, i. Imm. sk. Mamboio {Sir J. Kirk), 



k. cJ ad. sk. Duruma, Aug. 



Gould Coll. 



Livingstone ICxpcditiou. 

 Livingstone Expeditiou. 

 P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



Shelley Coll. 

 ShelleV Coll. 



(Tvpes of species.) 

 Shelley Coll. 

 H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



3. MUSOPHAGA. 



Type. 



Musophaga, Isert, Joum. Phys. Pari<, xxxiv. p. 458 (1789). M. violacea. 

 Phimus, Wayler, Syst. Ar., Phinnia, p. 114 (1827) M. violacea. 



lianye. West and Central Africa from Angola to Senegambia and 

 inland to Lake Tanganyika and the Niam-Niam Country. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With no eloniratcd crest-feathers ; with a white baud 



(in the side of the head violacea, p. 448. 



//. With an elongated crest ; with no white on side of 



head rossce, p. 448. 



