5. 8CH1ZOEHI8. 453 



Cab. J.f. O. 1878, pp. 214, 237; Iteic/mi. J.f. O. 1879, p. 340; 



Hart I. Ahhandl. naf. Ver. Jiicm. viii. p. 210 (]S82); liohm, 



J. f. O. 1882, p. 208 ; Salvad. Ann. Mug. Genov. (2) i. p. DO (18^4) ; 



Fixcli. Zvltschr. i/vs. Orn. 1884, p. ;3G4 ; id. J.f. (). 1885, p. 122; 



Shellei/, Ibis, lSf<r,, p. 400 : Sdinhnc, J.f. O. 1880, p. 03 ; lieichen. 



J. f. b. 1887, p. 50 ; S/iel/<-i/, Ibis, 1888, p. 2U8 ; Salcad. Ann. Mu^. 



civ. Gen. (2) vi. p. 210 (1888). 

 Musophaga leucoffaster, Schl. ^- Westerm. Toerakos, p. 22, pi. 15 



(1800) ; Schl. Mils. Paiig-Ilas, Cuculi, p. 78 (1804). 

 Tuvacus leucogaster, Gnnj, Iland-l. B. ii. j). 12(5, no. 7803 (1870). 

 Schizorhis leucogaster, var. pallidirustiis, Hildebrandt, J.f. O. 1878, 



p. 237. 



Adult male. General plumage above ashy grey, deepening into 

 black on the end half of crest-feathers ; median and greater wing- 

 coverts with black ends, forming partial bars ; bastard-wing, outer 

 greater vring-coverts, and the primaries black, wnth Avhite bases to 

 the latter, forming a speculum on the wing ; secondaries with their 

 inner webs and terminal portion of the outer ones blackish ; two 

 centre tail-feathers ashy grey, the others with the end and basal 

 third black, with a broad intermediate band of white ; sides of head, 

 chin, and entire neck grey like the mantle ; breast, under tail- and 

 wing-coverts, and base of quills white ; remainder of the quills 

 black ; tail beneath blacker than above, with no shade of grey : 

 " iris brown ; bill and legs olive-black " (Fischer). Total length 

 17'5 inches, cnlmen 0-95, wing 8"3, tail 11-0, tarsus 1'6. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the adult male, but may 

 probably be distinguished by the paler colour of the bill, which is 

 "pale green, with the culmen and tip yellow" (Emin Pasha). 

 Total length 20 iuchcs, culmen 1-0, wing 8-3, tail 10'7, tarsus 1-55. 



Invnatare male. Similar in plumage to the adult, with the same 

 dark bill as in the adult male, but differs in having the broad pale 

 ends to the tail-feathers obscurely marked. 



J/ab. East Africa between b" N. lat. and S" S. lat. ; from Southern 

 Abyssinia through Shoa, Somali-land, and the Upper White Xile 

 District to Ugogo. 



a, b. Ad. .st. Shoa (Sir W. Harris). India Museum, 



e, d. Ad. sk. Efat, Shoa (Sir W. Harris). India Museum. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Tarvangole, Equatorial Africa, Shelley Coll. 



April {Emin Pa-f/ia). 



f (S ad. sk. Massa, Nov. (Dr. Fischer). Shellev Coll. 



</, k. cS 2 ad. ; /. Ndi, Teita, Feb., July. Dr. Hildebrandt [C.]. 



(S juv. sk. 



A-, /. Ad. .-^k. Lanio. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Schizorhis concolor. 



Opa;thus persa, juv. (nee Linn.), Less. Traiir, p. 123 (1831). 

 Coiytliai.x coueokr, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1833. p. 48. 

 Corytliaixoides concolor, Smith, t. c. p. 48. 

 ('olv]iliiinus concolor, Sttiilh. Hep. Kip. Centr. Afr. .\pp. 1836, 



p! 54. 



