310 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



3. COLIUS CAPENSIS. 



Loxia colius, Linn. S. N. i. 1766^ p. 301. 



Colius capensis, Gm. S. N. i. 1788^ p. 842; Giiruey, Ibis, 

 1868, p. 47 (Natal) ; id. in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. 1872, 

 p. 202; Sbarpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 1884, pp. 552, 853. 



Colius eri/thropus, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 842 ; Ay res. Ibis, 

 1871, p. 259 (Transvaal). 



Colius leuconotus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 369. 



Le CoHou a dos blanc, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. 1808, p. 39, 

 pi. 257 (good). 



Colius erythropygius, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. vii. 1817, p. 377. 



Hub. S. Africa, Transvaal, Natal, Cape Colony, Damara. 



I have rejected tlie oldest title colius on account of its 

 having been previously employed by Brisson for the genus. 



There are two specimens of this species now living in the 

 Zoological Society^s Gardens. 



4. Colius castanonotus. 



Colius castanotus, E. & J. Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1855, 

 p. 351 (Gaboon) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 155; Mon- 

 teiro, Ibis, 1862, p. 333 (Angola); Sclater, P. Z. S. 1876, 

 p. 413, pi. 35 (good) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1877, p. 129 

 (Beuguela) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 1884, p. 554. 



Hub. S. and W. Africa, Benguela, Angola, Gaboon. 



In the otherwise good illustration of this bird in the 

 P. Z. S. the upper mandible should not be so uniformly 

 coloured, but should have a large pale blotch extending over 

 the basal half of the culmen. 



5. Colius nigricollts. 



Le Coliou raye a gorge noire, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. 1808, 

 p. 45, pi. 259 (good). 



Colius nigricollis, YieiW. Nouv. Diet. vii. 1817, p. 378; 

 Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 155 (Angola) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1873, p. 717 (Congo) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1877, p. 129; 

 Reichenow, J. f. O. 1877, p. 15 (Loango Coast) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1884, p. 530, pi. 45. fig. 1 (good) ; Rochebrune, Faun. 

 Senegamb. 1884, p. 128 (Casamanse, Gambia). 



Hab. Central and W. Africa. Ndoruma in Central Africa, 



