590 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



8. Pholidauges sharpei. (Plate XII.) 



PhoUdauges sharpei Jackson, Bnll. Brit. Orn. Club, viii. 

 p. xxii (1898). 



No. 520. S- Ravine, March 7, 1897. Iris bright yellow; 

 bill black ; feet brownish black. First one seen. Stomach 

 contained a berry and fruity matter. 



No. 502. c? juv. Ravine, March 27, 1897. Iris dull 

 green ; bill black ; gape yellow ; feet black. 



No. 503. ? imm. Ravine, March 27, 1897. Iris dull 

 green. 



No. 507. c? • Ravine, March 28, 1897. Iris bright yellow; 

 bill and feet black. Singly or in small family- parties. 

 Stomach contained berries and insects. 



No. 1130. S' Nandi forests, GOOD feet. May 19, 1898. 

 Iris bright yellow ; bill and feet black. 



No. 1280. S ■ Ravine, Aug. 5, 1898. Fairly plentiful in 

 small flocks of from three to eight. 



[The following is a full description of this new species, 

 which is not to be confounded with any of the other species 

 of Pholidauges, owing to the want of black or purple on the 

 throat : — 



Adult male. General colour above glossy purplish blacky 

 shot with metallic green or steel-blue, the head rather more 

 purple than the back ; wing-coverts glossy black, with the 

 same reflections as the back ; quills and tail black, glossed 

 externally with dark steel-blue or purplish green ; sides of 

 face, ear-coverts, and sides of neck purplish black ; cheeks 

 and throat white,' tinged with pale cinnamon, this colour 

 gradually predominating on the breast till the abdomen, 

 vent, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts are clear cinnamon- 

 rufous ; sides of breast and flanks glossy blue-black ; thighs 

 cinnamon- rufous, black on the hinder aspect ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries glossy blue-black : " bill and feet 

 black ; iris bright yellow" (F. J. J.) . Total length 7*2 inches, 

 culmen 0*05, wing 4*2, tail 2*75 , tarsus 0'95. 



The only hen bird procured by Mr. Jackson is immature. 

 The adult female will probably be found to resemble the 

 male. Young birds, both male and female, are sooty brown. 



