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177. Musophaga violacea rossae. Ross's Violet Plautaiii- 

 eater. 



Musophaga rossa J. Gould, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 93 : said to 

 have come from the western coast of Africa = Loanda, 

 Angola. 



a, h. S ad. Amala River, 5500 & 5300 ft. Oct. 11 

 &23. 



Total length in flesh : 21 & 20 inches. Wing: 229 & 

 228 mm. Weight 1 lb. 



These two specimens are in good dress and show but 

 slight sig-ns of wear. 



[Irides brown, bare skin around eyes yellow ; bill yellow, 

 red at base of upper mandible, base of lower dirty red ; legs 

 and toes black. Several pairs seen.] 



In the British Museum collection besides the type, which 

 is a worn and faded caged bird, there is only one other west 

 coast bird, an adult specimen from Loanda. 



A series from the west coast may show that the east coast 

 bird will be separable, as the two west coast birds mentioned 

 above appear to be more violel on the upper surface than 

 the majority of eastern specimens. 



The type has a wing of 225 mm., and the Loanda bird a 

 wing of 221 mm., neither are sexed. 



178. Chizaerhis africana zonura. Abyssinian Plantain- 

 eater. 



Chizaerhis zonurus lliipp. Neue Wirb. 184-0, p. 9, pi. 4 : 

 Province of Temben, Abyssinia. 



G, h. cJ ad. Nakwai Hills, 3950 ft. Feb. 5. 



c. ? ad. Pader District, 3100 ft. Feb. 17. 



Total length in flesh : 22, 21^, & 21 inches. Wing : S 

 246 & 245 mm. ; no sex 249 mm. 



These three specimens are in good dress and but slightly 

 worn. 



[Irides brown ; bill greenish yellow, slight red stripe at 

 base of upper mandible; legs and toes blackish or dark 

 grey. This species was first noticed in some dense bushes 



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