from the Niger Region. 547 



Terpsiphone cristatus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 354. 



a. (^ adult^ Shonga : iris dark brovvii ; eyelids carunculated 

 and light violet-blue ; bill and feet greyish blue. b. (J adult, 

 Shonga : iris brown ; eyelids violet-blue ; bill violet-blue, 

 blackish towards the tip ; feet violet-blue. c. (^ immature, 

 Shonga : soft parts as above, d. ? , Shonga : iris brown ; 

 bill horn-colour, paler on the lower mandible; feet bluish 

 grey. 



42. Elminta longicauda. 



Myiagra longicauda, Swains. Monogr. Flyc. in Nat. Libr. 

 X. 1838, p. 210, pi. 25. 



Elminia longicauda, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 93 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 363. 



a. (^ , Shonga: iris brown; bill and feet black. 



43. HiRUNDO ^THIOPICA. 



Hirundo (Btliiopica, Blanf. Ann. Nat. Hist. iv. 1869, p. 329 ; 

 Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1870, p. 309; Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss, 

 p. 347, pi. 2. 



a. J , Shonga. h, Lukoja. 



New to W. Africa. 



44. Hirundo domicella. 



Hirundo melanocrissus , Hartl. (nee Riipp.), Orn. W.Afr, 

 p. 27. 



Hirundo domicella, Hartl. & Finsch, Vdg. Ost-Afr. 1870, 

 p. 142 ; Sharpe, V.I. S. 1870, p. 315. 



a. ^ , b. $ , Shonga : iris brown. 



This form is scarcely more than a small W. -African race 

 of H. melanocrissa (Riipp.) . 



45. Nectarinia pulchella. 



Certhia pulchella, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 187. 



Nectarinia pulchella, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 52 ; Shelley, 

 Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 9, pi. 4. 



a, Lukoja, August 1882. b, c, Rabba {Greeashields). All 

 these are adult males in full plumage. 



46. CiNNYRIS CUPKEUS. 



Certhia cuprea, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. 1812, p. 201. 



