G. GYMNOSCQIZORHIS. 



6. GYMNOSCHIZORHIS. 



Gymnoschizorliis,.S'c/.a/o;r, J.f. O. 18.'^('), p. 7:2 G. personatn. 



Ramje. East Africa from Shoa to Ugogo. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Bare face brown ; under surface of tail and quills 



green personata, p. 455. 



b. Bare face black ; under surface of tail and quills 



silver-grey leopoldi, p. 45G. 



1. Gymnoschizorhis personata. 



Chizserbis personata, Siipp. P. Z. S. 1842, p. 8; id. Trans. Z. S. iii. 



p. 232, pi. 16 (1842). 

 Colipbimus concolor (nee Smith), Harris, Highl. Aethiop. ii. p. 412 



(pt., 1844). 

 Scliizorhis personata, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 395 (1845) ; EUpp. Syst. 



Uebers. p. 80 (1845) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 88 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 112; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 708, iv. p. cliv. pi. 25 



(1871-72) ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Genov. (2) i. p. 98. 

 Musopbaga personata, Schl. ^- Westerm. Toerakos, p. 22, pi. 14 (1800) ; 



Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi, p. 78 (18G4). 

 Turacus personata, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 12G, no. 7862 (1870). 

 Gymnoschizorhis personata, Schalow, J.f. O. 1880, p. 75. 



Adult male. Fore part of the face to behind the eyes, chin, and 

 upper throat dark brown, the skin partially covered with tiny 

 obsolete shafts of brownish feathers ; forehead and crest pale 

 brown, with a greenish shade on the latter; feathers behind 

 the bare face white, passing into ashy white on the back of the 

 neck ; back, wings, and tail uniform greyish ash-colour ; quilU 

 slightly browner ; inner webs of all ])ut the centre tail-feathers 

 shaded with green ; middle and lower throat and front of chest 

 white, washed with olive down the centre ; middle of the chest, 

 sides of body, and under tail-coverts ashy grey, with a slight partial 

 wash of green, and passing into pale pinkish rufous on the middle of 

 the lower chest, abdomen, and thighs ; under surface of the tail 

 and the quills strongly washed with pale green ; under wing- 

 coverts greyish ash-colour : " iris pearl-grey ; bill and legs brownish 

 black " {Antinori). Total length lb-5 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 8-G, 

 tail 11-0, tarsus l"7o. 



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

 18-3 inches, ctUmen 1-1, wing 8"7, tail lO'l, tarsus 1-75. 



Hah. Shoa. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Shoa {Sir W. Harris). India Museum, 



c, rf. cf $ ad. sk. Shoa, Sept. (.4/i<///ori). SbelW Coll. 



