AND SOUTH WESTERN AFRICA. 229 



68. Crateropus j a r d i n e i, Smith . 



Crateropus jardinei, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 212; — Boc. Orn. 

 d'Ang. p. 250. 



An adult female, 13 March, Otjipahe (Huilla). 

 Iris orange, bill black, feet gray. 



69. Crateropus hartlaubi, Bocage. 



Crateropus hartlaubi, Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 214; — Boc. Ora. 

 d'Ang. p. 252; pi. 1, f. 1. 



Adult male and female , April , Muhino , and adult male, 

 29 June, Humpata. 



Iris red , bill black , feet brown. 



70. Neocichla KeUeni, n. sp. 

 (PI. 9, fig. 1). 



A male specimen with unworn plumage, collected 8 

 December, in a forest near the Umbella River. 



This species is a yellow-billed Neocichla , closely allied 

 to JV. gutturalis , but with some resemblance in plumage 

 to Crateropus hartlaubi. 



Front and crown blackish with a narrow terminal edge 

 of white to each feather, giving the crown a somewhat 

 scaly appearance. The feathers of the whole neck, cheeks, 

 chin and throat are silvery gray, each with a dark central 

 spot. A narrow moustachial streak at the base of the lower 

 mandible and lores black. The hind neck , axillaries , mantle 

 and back are dark brown , each feather broadly edged all 

 around with pale fulvous , the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 pale fulvous with somewhat darker centres. The two me- 

 dian tail-feathers are dark olive-brown , the other black 

 with a tinge of the same brown near the tip , and all are 

 broadly tipped with dirty white. The wings are exactly 

 like in TV. gutturalis, the first primary very short and 

 narrow, the second nearly as long as the third and fourth, 

 which are the longest, third till seventh primary emargi- 

 nate on the outer edge of the terminal part, the last one 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum , Vol. X. 



