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tl5. Bias musicus (Vieill.) ; Hartl., Oru. Westafr. p. 92. 

 One specimen. 



16. Platystira. MELANOPTERA (Gmel); Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 93 ; P. lobata, Jard., Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 8. 



One example, recorded from the present locality by Dr. 

 Gordon, but not since met with. 



17. Campephaga phcenicea (Lath.) ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 98. 



One example, a female. 



tl8. Campephaga quiscalina, Finsch, sp. nov. 



Campephaga nigra, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1859, p. 52 ; 



Lanicterus niger, Hartl., Journ. f. Orn. 1865, p. 173 (nee Vieill.). 



" C. nitide nigra, seneo resplendens : remigibus sericeo-nigris, 



seneo-marginatis : capitis lateribus, mento, gutture et sub- 



alaribus splendide violaceo-purpurascentibus. Rostro pedi- 



busque nigris." 



Deep black with a brilliant metallic-green lustre, especially 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts; remiges and rectrices 

 black, bordered externally with metallic green ; lores velvet- 

 black ; throat, sides of the head and neck shining purple-violet. 



Having been unable to make out this bird, of which the col- 

 lection contains a single example in very bad condition, I sent it 

 to my friend Dr. Finsch, who tells me it is new, and I am in- 

 debted to him for the description given above, as well as for the 

 following observations : — 



" Your Campephaga seems to be undescribed ; and I therefore 

 do not hesitate giving it the name quiscalina, from the Quiscalus- 

 like gloss on the throat. This species has apparently been con- 

 founded with the true C. nigra of Vieillot (Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. 

 pi. 165), from which it differs in having the sides of the head 

 and neck and the entire throat of a brilliant purplish-violet (these 

 parts being black in C. nigra), in the inner web of the quills 

 being without any olive-green lustre, and also in having the bill 

 shorter, broader, and more conical." 



The comparative dimensions of the two species are as fol- 

 lows : — 



C. quiscalina Long. tot. 7^", al. 3" 7'", caud. 3" 3'", rostr. a fr. 5'". 

 C. Nigra.. „ 8^", „ 5", „ 3" 7'" „ 6'". 



