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The pattern of coloration is in general so much like that of 

 L. itinltuolor of the Malaconotus group (a species not accessible 

 to me except through the colored plate in Gray's ' Genera of 

 Birds'), that I think it must be nearly related to this species. It 

 differs very decidedly, however, as a comparison with the above 

 description will show. 



The rictal bristles are. weak ; the nostrils are rounded and 

 almost entirely hidden by the black feathers at the base of 

 the culmen ; nuchal hairs are present. The tail is slightly grad- 

 uated, the difference in length between the middle and outermost 

 rectrices being .40 inch. 



One specimen only of this handsome species was obtained ; 

 it appears to be quite distinct from any known species, and it is 

 with great pleasure that I dedicate it to Dr. Abbott, who has 

 labored so assiduously in the last few years to increase the col- 

 lections of the U. S. National Museum. 



8. Prionops vinaceigularis, new species. 



Tj'pe. — No. 11S136, U. S. N. M., male, adult; Plains east of Mount 

 Kilimanjaro, October i, 1888; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



Crest grayish white, only slightly developed ; fore t row n >^ra\ ish white, 

 passing into dark vinaceous-cinnamon on the hind crown, this color con- 

 tinuing down on sides of head over ear-coverts, narrowly over eyes to 

 lores, and on cheeks, passing into lighter vinaceous-cinnamon on throat ; 

 the color of the cheeks, ear-coverts, superciliary line and lores mixed with 

 white, the latter almost pure in a patch below the eyes; lower throat and 

 rest of under parts white, this color passing up on sides of neck and over 

 nape, where somewhat broken bv a black patch continuous with that of 

 the back ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts black, some of the feathers 

 of the latter narrowly edged with butt ; wings black, with an oblique, 

 white bar across primaries (except the first), visible only on under side; 

 secondaries and inner primaries tipped narrowly with brownish buff, 

 some of the former also indistinctly edged on outer webs with the same 

 color; wing-coverts black, some of the inner feathers of the middle and 

 greater series tipped with white; alula and primary coverts edged and 

 tipped with whitish buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries black; tail 

 black, middle pair of feathers w^holly so, next pair slightly notched with 

 white at tips ; three following pairs with increased white terminal notches, 

 and outer pair wholly white on outer web, but basal two-thirds of inner 

 web black. "Feet red; bare skin around eyes green; irides yellow." 

 Wing, 4.02 inches; tail, 3.30; tarsus, .84; culmen, .8:;. 



