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46. COSMOPSARUS REGIUS. 



Cosmopsarus regius, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 120 

 (Masai) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 299; Reichen. & Schalow, 

 torn. cit. p. 324 ; Fischer & Reichen. torn. cit. p. 349, pi. 1 . 

 fig. 1 ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 336 ; id. J. f . O. 

 1885, p. 132 (Massa and Pare). 



Head and neck deep metallic green, shading into blue on 

 the ear-coverts and into bluish violet on the back, wings, and 

 crop ; median and greater series of wing-coverts with black 

 terminal spots, more or less marked on each feather ; tail 

 bronze, obsoletely barred and glossed with violet and blue 

 towards its base and on portion of the inner webs of all but 

 the centre feathers ; the outer tail-feathers occasionally 

 marked near their shafts and edges with buff; breast, thighs, 

 under tail-coverts, and inner under wing-coverts rich golden 

 yellow ; remainder of the under wing-coverts metallic greenish 

 blue ; under surface of the quills and tail black ; bill and legs 

 black. Total length 12"3 to 13*3 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 

 4-7 to 5-25, tail 7 to 9, tarsus 1*15 to 1-3. 



Hab. E. Africa, between about 10° N. lat. and 4° S. lat. 

 '' Fairly abundant in small flocks throughout the plateau, 

 where they frequent the ground and low bushes. Iris white, 

 bill and legs black." 



47. Pholidauges bicolor. 



Speculipastor bicolor, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 120 

 (Kipini) ; Fischer, J. f. O 1879, pp. 281, 300; Reichen. & 

 Schalow, tom. cit. p. 234 ; Fischer & Reichen. tom. cit. p. 349, 

 pi. 1. figs. 2, 3 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 132 (Kipini and 

 Wapokomo-land) . 



Upper parts and entire head and neck glossy black, with 

 about the basal third of the primaries white ; breast, under 

 tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts creamy white, with the 

 outermost under wing-coverts and the bastard primary black ; 

 bill and legs black. Total length 7*1 inches, culmen 0*6, 

 wing 4*6, tail 3'4, tarsus 1*1. 



Hab. E. Africa, between about 10° N. lat. and 2° 30' S. lat., 

 from Somali-land to the Tana river. 



