186 LONG-TAILED AFRICAN TODY. 



stripe, in which the eyes are placed, commences at 

 the lores and ends with the ears ; this is margined 

 ahoye by a slender white line, which crosses the 

 front, passes over the eyes, and terminates with the 

 ears. The wings are dull black, marked in the 

 middle by a longitudinal stripe of white, which tips 

 in its course some of all the different ranges of fea- 

 thers. The tail is deep black ; the three outside 

 lateral feathers are more or less white at the ends 5 

 the outermost being entirely so ; while the rest, to- 

 wards the middle, are entirely black, and nearly 

 even : the under plumage is cinereous, but the chin 

 and middle of the body are rose colour, and the beDy 

 and vent are white. Bill and legs black ; the outer 

 toe is slightly connected to the middle ; the inner 

 one nearly free. 



Total length, 4J inches ; bill, gape, ; front, 7 T ; 

 wings, 1} ; tail, base, 2 ; tarsus, T V 



