466 Mr. D. G. Elliot on the Genus ^[alimbus. 



coming nearly white on the lower parts. It was described by 

 Lafresnaye in the ' Revue de Zoologie ' for 1839, and a figure 

 given in the ' Magasin de Zoologie ' of the same year. The 

 type is now in the collection of the Natural-History Society 

 of Boston, United States. Lafresnaye's specimen came from 

 Senegal; but it has also been procured on the Gambia 

 and at Casamanze. 



Upper part greyish, beneath ashy white, abdomen the 

 same. Under tail-coverts whitish. Head, throat, and breast 

 red. Ear-coverts, chin, and loral space black. Bill red. 

 Feet flesh-colour. Wings greyish brown, outer webs bor- 

 dered with red. Tail pale brown, edges of outer webs bor- 

 dered with red. Total length 5^ inches, wing 3^, tail 2\, 

 bill on culmen \. 



Malimbus rubriceps. Plate XIII. f. 2. 



Hyphantornis rubriceps, Sundev. Ofvers. Kongl. Vetensk. 

 Akad. Forh. 1850, p. 97. 



Hab. River Limpopo {Wahlberg) . 



A typical specimen of this very good species in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Sharpe, received by him from Prof. S undo vail, 

 and collected on the river Limpopo by Wahlberg, fully 

 exhibits the perfect distinctness of this bird from M. me- 

 lanotis. The chief differences that are at once perceptible 

 are the absence of the black cheek-mark, the edges of the 

 outer webs of the primaries and rectrices being yellow in- 

 stead of red, and the head and brea?t being scarlet instead of 

 vermilion. The figure on the accompanying plate well re- 

 presents the bird. 



The male has the entire head, neck, throat, and breast 

 bright scarlet. Back and wings ashy brown, outer edges of 

 secondaries and primaries bright yellow. Centre of the 

 mantle washed with pale vermilion. Rump pale ash. Tail 

 ashy brown, edges of outer webs bright yellow. Entire 

 underparts pure white. Bill pale horn-colour. Total length 

 5^ inches, wing 3^, tail 2j, bill on culmen ^. 



