Sjyecies of the Family Coliidse. 309 



p. 393, pi. 96 (good) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1869-71, 

 pp. 712, cliv; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. 1869, p. 275; Blanf. 

 Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, p. 318 ; Antin. & Salvad. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Geneva, 1873,' p. 416 (Bogos) ; Bocage, Orn. 

 Angola, 1877, p. 130 (Angola, Hartl. ?) ; Rochebrune, Faun. 

 Senegamb. 1884, p. 127. 



Hab. N.E., E., and W. Africa. Between about 15° N. lat. 

 and 5° S. lat. Bogos, Abyssinia, Kordofan, White Nile, 

 Masai-land to Pangani, Gaboon, Sierra Leone, Casamanse, 

 Senegambia. 



A small immature specimen in the British Museum, 

 labelled '' Lebka R., 2500 ft. {Blanford)/' has no blue on 

 the nape, and the entire bill is pale. 



2. COLIUS ERYTHROMELON. 



'^ Loxia cinerea, Sparrm. Mus. Carls. 1786-88, pi. 88 (not 

 recognizable) . 



Colius indicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 370 (incorrect 

 locality) . 



Colius coi'omandelicus, Licht. sen., Hamb. Nat. Verz. 1793, 

 p. 42 (incorrect locality). 



Le Coliou Guiriva, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. 1808, p. 42, 

 pi. 258 (good). 



Culius erythromelon, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vii. 1817, p. 378; 

 Gurney, in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. 1872, p. 203 ; Sharpe, ed. 

 Layard's B. S. Afr. 1884, pp. 551, 853; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1884, 

 p. 473, pi. 45. figs. 2, 3 (good). 



Colius senegalensis, Less, (nee Gm.), Traite d'Orn. 1831, 

 p. 453. 



Colius quiriva, Riipp. Mus. Senk. iii. 1845, p. 43 ; Kirk, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 329 (Zambesi). 



Colius erythromelas, Cab. Mus. Hein. iii. 186(5, p. 97; 

 Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 469; Bocage, Orn. 

 Angola, 1877, p. 128 (Benguela). 



Colius macrurus, Strickl. & Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, 

 p. 151. 



Colius capensis, Layard (nee Gm.), B. S. Afr. 1867, p. 222. 



Hah. S. Africa, Zambesi, Matabele, Transvaal, Cape 

 Colony, Damara, Benguela. 



