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maculate ; regione parotica dilute rufa ; tectricibus ala- 

 rum remigibusque tertiariis dorso concoloribus, primariis 

 in pogonio exteruo nigro rufoque fasciatis, in interne ni- 

 jrris, dimidio basali ex parte rufo, nigricante subfasciato ; 

 mento, gutture, capitis collique lateribus pulchre albo 

 nigroque fasciatis ; macula suprapcctorali minore intense 

 rufa ; subcaudalibus laetc rufis ; subalaribus fulvis ; ab- 

 doiniue subnavescenti-albido, confertim nigro striato ; 

 cauda rufescenti-brunnea, fasciis subangustis 78 nigris ; 

 nropygio et supracaudalibus dorso concoloribus, pulchre 

 maculatis; rostro plumbeo-nigricante ; pedibus plumbeis. 

 Long. tot. circa 210 millim , culmen 16, alae 94> caudae 

 72, tarsi 20. 



lynx pulchricollis belongs to a singular little group of 

 African Wrynecks, of which two other species of very similar 

 appearance are known, /. pectoralis, Vig., from South Africa, 

 and /. (equator ialis, Riipp., from Abyssinia and Shoa. Both 

 are rare in museums ; but of the latter species there is a very 

 fine male in the Bremen collection, and specimens of both 

 sexes of /. pectoralis are in the Berlin Museum (Krebs, Caf- 

 fraria), where I have compared them with my new species. 



As to /. aquatorialis it will suffice to remark that the 

 great extent of the rufous colour on the underparts, reaching 

 from the chin to the abdomen, is quite sufficient to distin- 

 guish it from the new /. pulchricollis. Much nearer to it 

 comes /. pectoralis. The principal differential characters 

 between these two species are the following : (1) In /. pec- 

 tor alls the rufous guttural spot, in a gradually narrowing 

 stripe, runs up to the chin, whereas in /. pulchricollis the 

 whole fore neck (including the chin) shows very regular black 

 and white fasciae. (2) The under tail-coverts are deep rufous 

 in /. pulchricollis and light fulvous in 7. pectoralis. (3) The 

 stripes on the abdomen are much broader and somewhat 

 shorter in /. pulchricollis. (4) The beak is more slender and 

 the culmen more curved in the latter species. (5) The bars 

 of the tail are broader and much better defined in /. pulchri- 

 collis than in I. pectoralis. (6) The markings of the uro- 

 pygium and the upper tail-coverts, nearly obsolete in 7. pec- 

 toralis, are very elegant and conspicuous in 7. 



