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JJTTSOPHAGID^. 



1. Musophaga violacea. 



Musophaga violacea, Isert, iSchn'ft. Ges. natuvf. Freunde Berlin, iii. 

 p. 18, pi. 1 (1789) ; Sioains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 218, pi. 19 (1837) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 394, pi. 97. fig 3 (1845) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 159 

 (1850) ; Hartl J. f. O. 1854, p. 126 ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 159 

 (1857) ; Sclil. <S,-Westerm. Toerako's, p. 10, pi. 1 (1866); <S'c7i/. Mus. 

 Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 74 (1864) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 124, 

 no. 7847 (1870) ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 52 ; Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1875, 

 pp. 2, 48 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 558 ; Schaloxv, J.f. 0. 1886, p. 13. 



Cuculus regius, Shaiv, Mus. Leverianum, p. 165, pi. 40 (1792). 



Le Touraco violet ou Masqu(5, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Prom. p. 34, pi. 18 

 (1806). 



Pliimus violaceus, Wagl. Syst. Av. sp. 1 (1827). 



Adult. General plumage glossy violet-blue, duller and blacker on 

 the lower back, abdomen, thighs, under tail- and wing-coverts ; 

 feathers of the crown and nape crimson, short and rather hair-like 

 in texture ; bare patch round the eye extending to the bill scarlet ; 

 beneath the hinder half of this bare patch a white band extends 

 back to the end of the ear-coverts ; quills crimson, with the outer 

 feather and the borders and shafts of the others black : lower throat 

 and front of chest washed with glossy green : bill orange-red, fading 

 into yellow ou the frontal half of the upper mandible ; iris brown ; 

 legs black. Total length 17'5 inches, culmeu 1'9, wing 8, tail 8'7, 

 tarsus 1-G. 



Immature. Differs from the adult in having the feathei's of the 

 head purplish black, with a few red feathers on the crown and a 

 few white ones near the ear-coverts. 



Hab. Confined to West Africa, where it ranges from the Cameroons 

 to Senegambia. 



a, b. Ad. at iuv. st. West Africa. Dr. Gray [P.]. 



c, d. Ad.etjuv.sk. West Africa. 



e. Ad. sk. Senegal. Shelley Coll. 



/. Imm. st. Senegal. Purchased. 



g. Ad. st. Gambia. Rev. Morgan. 



A. Ad. sk. River Gambia (&>-<4.ilfo/owey). Shelley Coll. 



i. $ ad. sk. Bissao. Sharpe Coll. 



2. Musophaga rossse. 



Musophaga rossse, Gould, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 93 ; id. in Jard. C'ontr. Orn. 

 1851, p. 137, pi. 81 ; id. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 24; Hartl. J.f. O. 1854, 

 p. 126 ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 160 (1857) ; Sehl. (§• Westerm. Toera- 

 ko's, p. 11, pi. 2 (1860); Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 1; Sharpe, t. c. 

 p. 134 ; Bouvier, Cat. Marche ^-c. p. 27 (1876) ; Bocage, Orn. 

 Angola, p. 133 (1877) : Sharpe, Journ. Linn. iSoc, Zool. xvii. 

 p. 433 (1884); Schaloic,' J. f. O. 1886, p. 14; Souza, Jorn. Lisb. 

 1886, p.'3 ; Reichen. J.f. O'. 1887, p. 57; Matschie, t. c. pp. 136, 

 149 ; Schaloto, t. c. p. 351 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 43. 



Musophaga bobmii, Schaloic, Zeitschr. f/es. Orn. 1884, p. 103. ])1. 6 ; 

 id. J.f. 0. 1885, p. 108. 



