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3. POGONORHYNCHUS ALBICAUDA, sp, n. 



Entire head and neck white ; eyelids and bare skin in front 

 and behind the eye slaty black in the dried skin ; back dark 

 broAvn^ with narrow white ends to most of the feathers ; rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail pure white, with the exception of 

 the basal third of the centre feathers, which is dark brown ; 

 wings dark brown, all the coverts tipped with triangular white 

 spots ; quills with similar terminal white spots, but less dis- 

 tinct, excepting towards the inner secondaries ; front of the 

 chest, thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts white, with the 

 basal portion of a few of the latter dark brown ; remainder 

 of the body dark brown, with white ends to the feathers, 

 forming irregular bars ; under surface of the wings dark 

 brown, the coverts mottled with white, and the quills edged 

 with white on their inner webs ; bill blackish ; legs slate- 

 colour. Total length 6-7 inches, culmen 1, wing 3-75, tail 

 2*5, tarsus '95. 



Hab. Ugogo. 



A single specimen of this bird. It is closely allied to 

 P. leucocephalus, from which it differs chiefly in having a 

 white tail. 



4. ScHizoRHis LEOPOLDi, sp. n. (Plate II.) 

 Forehead, crown, crest, back, wings, and tail uniform 

 brownish ash ; no feathers on the face, chin, and upper por- 

 tion of the throat, which are jet-black; ear-coverts, back of 

 the head, and the neck white, with a large patch of green on 

 the lower throat ; entire chest vinous brown, fading into a 

 much paler shade on the thighs, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts ; bill and legs black. Total length 20 inches, cul- 

 men 1, wing 9, tail 11, tarsus 1*7. 

 Hub. Ugogo. 



This species is closely allied to S. personata, Riipp., from 

 which it may be readily distinguished by the following cha- 

 racters : — The bare skin of the face is jet-black ; there is no 

 shade of green on the crest, nor on the under surface of the 

 tail ; the green on the lower throat is confined to a much 

 smaller patch. 



