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obtuse end with greenish-brown and faded purple spots," 

 0'75 inch by 0'6. "We have received it from Mr. Russouw, 

 who obtained it in Swartland, in the Malmesbury division." 

 This last-mentioned specimen is the type of the species. 



Parisoma plumbeum. 



Parisoma plumbeum (Hartl.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv. p. 269 (1879) ; 

 id. ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 836 (1884) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. 

 1886, p. 256 ; Sousa, Jorn. Lisb. 1887, p. 95 Quissange ; 1888, p. 223 

 Quindumbo; Sbelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 27 Wadelai ; id. B. Afr. I. 

 No. 137 (1896) ; Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1897, p. 26 Togoland ; Sbelley, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 379 Zomba ; Alexander, Ibis, 1899, p. 562 Zam- 

 besi. 



Stenostira plumbea, Hartl. Abhand. Brem. 1882, p. 197 Wakkala ; 

 Eeicben. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 300 Manyango, 305 Leopoldsville. 



Parisoma layardi (nee Hartl.) Butler, Feilden and Eeid, Zool. 1882, 

 p. 248 Natal 



Subspecies a. 



Parisoma orientalis, Eeichen. and Neum. Orn. Monatsbl. 1895, p. 74 

 Kibwesi ; Eeichen. Werth. Mittl. N. D. 0. Afr. p. 279 (1898) 

 S. Uhamba. 



Subspecies b. 

 Parisoma catoleucum, Eeichen. Orn. Monatsbl. 1900, p. 5 Chamba. 



Adult. Above, grey with the tail black and white ; beneath, greyish 

 white. Crown, back and sides of neck, back and lesser wing-coverts bluish 

 grey ; remainder of wings mostly dusky brown with the greater series of 

 wing-coverts and the quills edged with white, most broadly so on the inner 

 feathers ; upper tail-coverts partially dusky black ; tail black tipped with 

 white, and with the white increasing in extent towards the outer feather on 

 each side, which is almost entirely white. A dusky black patch in front of 

 the eye is surmounted by a broad white band from the nostril to above the 

 front of the eye ; eyelids white ; under parts uniform very pale grey fading 

 into white on the chin, centre of breast and under tail- coverts, the latter 

 faintly tinted with cinnamon. " Bill horny blue ; iris hazel; feet grey" 

 (Emin). Total length 5-7 inches, culmen - 45, wing 2-6, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-7. 

 Gambia (Brit. Mus.). 



