144 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
nally bordered with black, the outer secondaries green at base, red at 
tip; tail-feathers metallic green with somewhat of a steel-blue re- 
flexion ; head, neck and under surface of body rather lighter green, 
the abdomen, flanks and under tail-coverts dusky blackish; the 
head ornamented with a beautiful crest of white-tipped feathers, all 
the plumes of the nape also profusely tipped with white ; a loral spot 
and a streak under the eye, white; bill yellow, inclining to red on 
the culmen; feet blackish. Total length, 15 inches; wing, 7°4; 
tail, 8:0 ; tarsus, 1°85. 
Fig. Finsch and Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. taf. 1. 
131. CoryTHAIX ERYTHROLOPHA. Red-crested Plantain-Hater. 
As will be seen in Mr. Monteiro’s observations on the preceding 
species, he notices the present bird as having been found near Noyo 
Redondo. It is often seen in collections from Angola, but has appa- 
rently not been yet procured by Anchieta south of the River Quanza. 
Adult.—General colour above grass-green, many of the feathers 
with a coppery lustre; back, rump and upper tail coverts deeper 
green, slightly shot with steel-blue, the tail also deep green; wings 
coloured like the back, the primaries deep crimson, edged and tipped 
with black, the outer secondaries green at base, the innermost 
entirely green ; head and nape dull crimson, the crest feathers tipped 
with white ; forehead washed with olive-green; sides of face, neck 
and under surface of body bright grass green; the abdomen, thighs 
and under tail-coverts ashy-black; undér wing-coverts dull ashy- 
brown, slightly washed with green; bill yellowish; feet black. 
Total length, 12 inches ; wing, 6°8; tail, 50; tarsus, 1°45. 
Fig. Schl. and Westerm. Toerak. pl. 6. 
132. ScHiz@RHIs CONCOLOR. Grey Plantain-Eater. 
Sir Andrew Smith gives a good account of the habits of this 
species, which was originally described by him. He says :—“ It was 
upon reaching 25° 24’ south latitude, a point where the rivers began 
to flow to the eastward, and the country to acquire a partial clothing of 
dwarf trees and brushwood, that this species was first discovered.” 
Dr. Exton found it abundantly in Mosilikatze’s country, and Mr. 
JT’. E. Buckley says that it is ‘‘a very common species throughout 
the Transvaal and up to the Matabili country. They go about in 
