species of IVry neck from Equatorial Africa. 29 



maculato ; regione parotica dilute rufa ; tectricibus ala- 

 rum remigibusque tertiariis dorso concoloribus, primariis 

 in pogonio exteruo nigro rufoque fasciatis^ in interno ni- 

 gris, dimidio basali ex parte rufo, nigricante subfasciato ; 

 mentOj gutture, capitis collique lateribus pulchi^e albo 

 nigroque fasciatis ; macula suprapectorali minore intense 

 rufa ; subcaudalibus laete rufis ; subalaribus fulvis ; ab- 

 domine subflavescenti-albido, confertim nigro striato ; 

 Cauda rufescenti-brunnea^ fasciis subangustis 7-8 nigris ; 

 uropygio et supracaudalibus dorso coucoloribus, pulchre 

 maculatis; rostro plumbeo-nigricante ; pedibus plumbeis. 

 Long. tot. circa 210 millim^ culmen 16, alae 94, caudse 

 72, tarsi 20. 



lynx pulchricoUis belongs to a singular little group of 

 African Wrynecks, of whicli two other species of very similar 

 appearance are known, /. pectoralis, Vig., from South Africa, 

 and /. (Equatorialis , Riipp., from Abyssinia and Shoa. Both 

 are rare in museums ; but of the latter species there is a very 

 fine male in the Bremen collection, and specimens of both 

 sexes of /. pectoralis are in the Berlin Museum [Krebs, Caf- 

 fraria), where I have compared them with my new species. 



As to /. (Equatorialis it will suffice to remark that the 

 great extent of the rufous colour on the underparts, reaching 

 from the chin to the abdomen, is quite sufficient to distin- 

 guish it from the new /. pulchricoUis. Much nearer to it 

 comes I. pectoralis. The principal differential characters 

 between these two species are the following : — (1) In /. pec- 

 toralis the rufous guttural spot, in a gradually narrowing 

 stripe, runs up to the chin, whereas in /. pulchricoUis the 

 whole fore neck (including the chin) shows very regular black 

 and white fasciae. (2) The under tail-coverts are deep rufous 

 in /. pulchricoUis and light fulvous in I. pectoralis. (3) The 

 stripes on the abdomen are much broader and somewhat 

 shorter in I. pulchricoUis. (4) The beak is more slender and 

 the culmen more curved in the latter species. (5) The bars 

 of the tail are broader and much better defined in /. pulchri- 

 coUis than in I. pectoralis. (6) The markings of the uro- 

 pygium and the upper tail-coverts, nearly obsolete in /. pec- 

 toralis, are very elegant and conspicuous iu /. pulchricoUis. 



