324 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



p. 596, Pangani; Holub & Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Sudafr. 1882, 

 p. 176. 



Clialcopelia chalcospilos , Bp. Compt. Bend. xl. 1855, p. 19 ; 

 Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 329, Zambesi ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 243, 

 E. Afr. ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 596, Pangani and Dar-es- 

 Salaam. 



Peristera afra, Strickl. & Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 157, 

 Damara; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 197, 275; Cass. Pr. 

 Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 144, Camma, Ogobai, Muni, and 

 Moonda r. ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 266 ; id. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 827, Zanzibar; Layard, B. S. Afr. 1867, p. 262; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1868, pp. 48, 164; Blanf. Geol. and Zool. Abyss. 1870, 

 p. 417; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 150, Angola; Shelley & 

 Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 290, Gold Coast; Sharpe & Bouvier, 

 Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 52, Chinchonxo ; Reichenow, 

 J. f. O. 1877, p. 13, Loango Coast. 



Chalcopelia afra. Crown leaden grey, fading into white on 

 the forehead and inclining to slaty brown on the centre of 

 the occiput and nape ; back of the neck, upper back, wing- 

 coverts, scapulars, and inner secondaries palish brown ; 

 bastard wing black, partially inclining to chestnut towards 

 the bases of the feathers, primary-coverts' and quills, with the 

 exception of a few of the innermost secondaries, chestnut, 

 with broad ends and partial margins of broAvn,' becoming 

 almost black on the primaries and primary-coverts, and 

 increasing in extent towards the first primary, which has 

 nearly the entire outer web black ; a few of the inner greater 

 wing-coverts and largest scapulars have boldly marked steel- 

 blue patches on their outer webs, these blotches are partially 

 margined with metallic green ; remainder of the back huffish 

 brown, crossed above by two distinct broad black bars, the end 

 feathers of the rump and the greater tail-coverts are generally 

 broadly tipped with black forming two imperfect bars ; the 

 six centre tail-feathers brown with broad blackish ends, these 

 black ends become subterminal on the remaining feathers, 

 which shade into slaty grey, and the pale portion of the outer 

 web of the last feathers fades into ashy white ; cheeks, sides 

 of the neck, throat, and breast vinous, fading almost into 



