MALIMBUS ERYTHROGASTER 355 



at the Muni and Ogowe River, and by Marclie at Fernand 

 Vaz. 



Malimbus erythrogaster. 



Malimbus erythrogaster, Eeichen. ,1, f. 0. 1894, p, 37 ; 1896, p. 30, pi. 4, 

 figs. <?, ? Camaroons ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 487 (1896) ; Eeichen. 

 Vog. Afr. iii. p. 24 (1904). 



Adult male. Upper part of head, neck and under surface of body 

 vermilion, paler on the abdomen, thighs and under tail-coverts ; sides of 

 head, throat, back, wings and tail black ; under surface of wing with 

 a grey shade on the inner webs of the quills and on the greater coverts. 

 Iris grey ; bill black ; feet pale horny brown. Total length 6-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-8, wing 3-5, tail 2-0, tarsus 0-9. 3 , 3. 11. 02, -Jaunde (Zenker). 



Adult female. Differs in having the sides only of the head black, the 

 throat being pale vermilion. 



The Red-breasted Malimbe inhabits the Lower Niger and 

 Camaroons. 



The types, a male and female, were discovered by Dr. 

 Zenker at Jaunde, and specimens have also been recorded from 

 Eastern Camaroons (Carnap) and the Lower Niger (Ansorge). 



Malimbus racheliae. 



Syeobius racheliae, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1857, p. 36 Muni B. ; id. 

 .lourn. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 185, pi. 23, fig. 3. 



Malimbus racheliae, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 483 (1890) Gaboon; 

 Sjostedt, Sv. K. Vet. Ak. Handl. Stockh. 1895, p. 83, pi. 7 Cama- 

 roons ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 488 (1896) ; Eeichen. Vog. Afr. iii. 

 p. 24 (1904). 



Adult male. Glossy black, with the crown orange shaded scarlet; sides 

 of neck, front of chest and the crop yellow, the latter strongly washed in 

 the centre with scarlet ; under tail-coverts uniform yellow. Total length 

 5-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-1, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-8. S , Gaboon (Walker). 



Adult female. " Glossy black, with the lower throat and crop saffron 

 yellow shaded with cochineal red in the middle and with white bars to 

 these feathers ; under tail-coverts pale saffron yellow. Total length 5-8, 

 culmen 0-65, wing S-l, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-7" (Sjostedt). 



Rachel's Malimbe inhabits Camaroons and Gaboon. 



