370 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



the neck; lower half of the back, wing-coverts^ outer edges 

 of quills, and the tail olive-green ; remainder of the quills 

 blackish brown, with partial broad sulphur-yellow inner 

 margins, and a few of the inner primaries have obsolete pale 

 yellowish tips ; tail with sulphur-yelloM' ends to all but the 

 centre pair of feathers. Beneath bright yellow, rather darker 

 and shaded with reddish orange on the chin, throat, and 

 chest; under wing-coverts entirely yellow. Bill black ; tarsi 

 and feet slaty black. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0*6, 

 wing 3'7, tail 3*6, tarsus 1. 



There is no locality given on the label of the single speci- 

 men, but I think we may presume that it was obtained in 

 the Mambwe district, and, from the uniform jet-black of the 

 foreliead and sides of head and neck, it must be an adult male. 



Malaconotus manningi may be readily distinguished from 

 its near ally, M. melamprosopus, in having no trace of 

 white on the crown, and in only a few of the inner primaries 

 having obsolete yellow ends. 



Key to the Species of Malaconotus. 



(I. Smaller : wing- uot more than 4 inches ; culmen 

 not more than 075. 

 «'. Some yellow on forehead in adults: wing not 



more than 3'5 ; bill much smaller sulphureipectus. 



bK No yellow on head : wing not less than 3'5 ; bill 

 larger : crown and back of neck greyish, sur- 

 rounded in front and on the sides with black 

 in adult males only. 

 a'\ With sulphur-yellow ends to most of the tail- 

 feathers. 

 a^. Crown, back of neck, and upper back 

 entirely uniform deep grey ; a few of the 

 inner primaries with obsolete yellow ends, manyiingi *. 

 h'' . Some white on the crown ; most of the 



quills with distinct yellow ends melamprosopus. 



P. Yellow ends of tail-feathers shaded wqth 

 orange. 

 c^ Throat and crop vermilion or orange-red . . multicolor. 

 d^. Throat and crop black mekmothorax. 



* Laniarius ahbotti, Richmond, Auk, 1897, p. 161, should apparently 

 be placed between MalricQiwIits m(tnnw(jx and M. melamprosopu.f. 



