6 HYPOCHERA CHALYBEATA 
of this subfamily). Tarsi and feet reddish, moderate in size; claws fairly 
long and curved. 
Type. 
Hypochera, Bp. Consp. i. p. 450 (1850) . . H. anh 
The genus is confined to Tropical and South Africa, and 
comprises five closely-allied forms. Of these, two inhabit 
Northern Tropical Africa and may be readily distinguished 
from the more southern forms by the blacker colouring of the 
quills and tail, and of the under surface of the wings. The 
longitude of Grand Basam (8° 30’ W. long.) forms apparently 
the boundary between the ranges of H. chalybeata and H. 
ultramarina. 
The ranges of the three more southern forms are extremely 
badly defined. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
a. Wings and tail dark sepia brown; less white 
on under surface of the wings. 
a+. Gloss on head and body more blue, dis- 
tinctly shaded with green . . chalybeata. 7 
b1. Gloss on head and yas: more file ae 
no green shade. . . ultramarina. — /- 
b. Wings and tail paler nes: more ae on 
the under surface of the wings. 
ct. Gloss on head and body more violet, with 
no greenish blue shade. 
a, Gloss slightly brighter and more violet . funerea. p. to, 
b?. Gloss slightly duller and blacker . . . migerrima. / 
d+. Gloss on head and body of a more 
greenish blue shade . . . . . . . . amauropteryx. |’ 
Hypochera chalybeata. 
Fringilla chalybeata, P. L. S. Mill. S. N. Suppl. p. 166 (1776). 
Hypochera chalybeata, Reichen. Vég. Afr. iii. p. 213 (1904). 
Fringilla nitens, Gm. 8S. N. ii. p. 909 (1788). 
Hypochera nea, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 115 Senegambia; Sharpe, 
Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 308 (1890); Butler, Foreign Finches in Captivity, 
p. 274, pl. 47 (1894); Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 305 (1896). 
Le Comba-Sou, Vieill. Ois. Chant. p. 44, pl. 21 (1805). 
