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1iie same, but are crossed by a broad white band on 

 the outer half of the lesser covers, which band is 

 continued in a longitudinal direction on the margins 

 of two of the tertials ; the other quills, which are 

 brownish black, have a very narrow edging of grey 

 white ; the tail is glossy black, but the outer web of 

 the exterior pair, and the extreme tips of the two 

 next pair are pure white. All the under parts in 

 the male are pure white, the breast being crossed 

 by a deep black collar ; the naked caruncle is lobe- 

 shaped, and placed just above the fore part of the 

 eye, without surrounding it ; its colour seems to be 

 pure yellow. 



In the supposed female, the upper plumage, in- 

 stead of being glossy black, is dark grey, but the 

 wings and tail are coloured and marked precisely 

 like those last described. The lobe above the eye 

 seems to be orange-red, or perhaps, in the living 

 bird, scarlet. In the under plumage there is much 

 difference, the chin is pure white, which is con- 

 tinued in a stripe which joins the lower eyelid; 

 beyond this, and as far as the upper part of the 

 breast, the colour is of a very deep chestnut, which 

 terminates abruptly and with a narrow edging of 

 deep black scarcely perceptible. In both sexes the 

 feathers on the lower part of the back are remark- 

 ably long, soft, and puffy, as in some of the African 

 Bush-shrikes (Malaconotus), and those on the 

 rump are tipt with white; these peculiarities do 

 not appear to have been noticed. Having already 

 entered into many details on the affinities and 



