12 HYPOCHERA AMAUROPTERYX 
Hypochera amauropteryx. 
Hypochera amauropteryx, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 309 (1890) ; Shelley, 
B. Afr. I. No. 311 (1896); Reichen. Vég. Afr, iii. p. 215. 
Hypochera funerea amauropteryx, Stark, Faun. 8. Afr. B. i. p. 154 
(1900). 
Hypochera ultramarina orientalis, Reichen. Vég. D. O. Afr. p. 188 (1894) 
Pare, Arusha, Nguruman, Karema, Kageyi, Bukoba. 
Similar to H. funerea and H. nigerrima, but distinguished by the gloss on 
the full plumaged males being of a greenish blue shade. 
The Brown-winged Combasou ranges from the Congo 
southward through Ondonga into the Transvaal and over 
central and eastern South Tropical Africa. 
On the western side of the continent it has been obtained 
at Kossango (Bohndorff), Malandji in Angola (Schitt), Gambos 
and Humpata (Kellen), Ondonga (Andersson). 
The most southern range yet recorded for this form is the 
Transvaal, where the type was obtained by Mr. Barratt at 
Rustenburg, and from the same place a similar bird was pro- 
cured on January 5 by Mr. W. Lucas, who notes: “Bill dark 
pink, tarsi and feet yellowish.” Layard mentions the bill as 
being red, and according to Stark all the South African forms 
have the bill white and the feet red. 
Besides the specimens already noticed, I have examined 
one procured by Gueinzius at Mosambique, one of Bradshaw’s 
from north of the Limpopo, two of Sir John Kirk’s from Tete, 
and one from South Angoniland close to Nyasa Lake. Dr. 
Reichenow gives the names of thirteen localities where it has 
been procured in German Hast Africa, also Kikumbuliu and 
Njemps (Jackson) and Kikuyu (Doherty) in our British 
Protectorate. 
In the Uniamwesi country Speke found them common in 
the villages, feeding like Sparrows. At Kitui in Ukamba, 
according to Hildebrandt, their native name is ‘“ Tchorelli.” 
