02 RUFOUS-VENTED KINGHUNTER. 



From the very short description by Sonnini of the 

 bird in question, it would seem that it differs from 

 ours in having the " under parts of the body yel- 

 lowish red, just as far as the throat, which is shaded 

 with blue, this tint, although somewhat darker, covers 

 the head of the back and neck." Now, the under 

 parts of our species, as far as the middle of the body, 

 is pure white, while the crown of the head is of a 

 brown drab, with a paler nuchal collar, as light as the 

 ears and sides of the neck. We suspect, however, 

 that Sonnini has drawn up his description from the 

 figure he quotes, without having ever seen the 

 bird. 



Size of the Senegal kinghunter. The general co- 

 lours of the upper part of the body and limbs are two, 

 deep velvet -black and bright cerulean blue. The 

 black covers the scapulars, wing-covers, tertial quills, 

 and the interscapulars ; immediately behind which 

 the blue of the back, rump, and tail commences; 

 the outer webs of the lesser quills and the basal part 

 of the greater are of the same blue as the back, the 

 tips of all the quills more or less black; spurious 

 wings blue green ; the margin of the wings is white. 

 Both mandibles of the bill are deep crimson ; feet 

 the same ; crown and sides of the head light drab 

 brown, without any grey or cinereous ; paler on the 

 ears and below the eyes, where it changes to white ; 

 nape and upper neck the same tint as the crown, 

 but much lighter throat; neck, breast, and upper 

 part of the body beneath, white ; all the rest of the 

 under plumage, flanks, and under wing-covers, deep 



