1873.] OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 589 



Vieill. et Oud. Gal. Ois. i. p. 33, pi. 42 (1825); Less. Traite, 

 p. 154 (1831) ; Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 42 (1858). 



Chalcites cupreus, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Vog. p. 62 (1835). 



Chalcites smaragdineus, Sw. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 191 (1837); Layard, 

 B. S. Afr. p. 251 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 246. 



Chrysococcyx cupreus, Rupp. Syst. Uebers. p. 96 (1845) ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 105 (1850); Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 48 (1856); Cab. 

 & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 8 (1862). 



Cuculus smaragdinensis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 (1847). 



Cuculus splendidus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 464 (1847, ex Mus. 

 Lever.). 



Chrysococcyx smaragdineus, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 135; 

 Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 705 (1854); Hartl. 

 J. f. O. 1855, p. 361 ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 191 (1857) ; Gurnev, 

 Ibis, 1859, p. 246 ; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv, p. 10 (1862*); 

 Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 329; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 58; Heugl. 

 Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 774 (1870). 



Chalcites intermedins, Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 259. 



Chrysococcyx intermedius, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 191 (1857); 

 Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 8(1862) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 

 i. p. 143 (1867). 



Adult male. — Above brilliant metallic emerald-green, the plumage 

 having somewhat of a scaly and velvety appearance ; wings and tail 

 of the same metallic green as the head, this colour likewise extend- 

 ing over the sides of the face and throat as far as the fore neck ; rest 

 of under surface bright golden yellow, the under tail-coverts broadly 

 barred with metallic green ; the quills and tail glossed underneath 

 with metallic green, the bases of the primaries whitish, the outer 

 tail-feather also spotted on the outer web and tipped with white ; 

 under wing-coverts golden yellow, the outer ones green ; bill greenish 

 grey, blackish along the line of gape and at tip, malachite-green at 

 angle of mouth ; feet and bare orbits lead-colour ; iris sometimes 

 brown, sometimes greyish {Heuglin). 



Female. — Different from the male. Above metallic green, thickly 

 barred with rufous, the quills similarly marked, excepting on the pri- 

 maries, where the bars are more or less obsolete, leaving the ground- 

 colour brown, the quills brown underneath, very distinctly notched 

 with rufous or rufous white ; under surface of body metallic green 

 barred with white, a little more narrowly on the under wing-coverts ; 

 tail brown, the middle feathers glossed with metallic green, and 

 washed with rufous, the outer feathers white internally washed with 

 rufous, and spotted near the tips and on the inner web with metallic 

 coppery green. 



Hab. N. E. Africa : Migratory with the rain ; mountains of 

 Abyssinia, Fazogl, and Galla countries, northwards to 16° or 17° 

 N. lat. In Mareb Valley to 4000 feet, and on plateau of Central 

 Abyssinia to 8000 or 9000 feet {Von Heuglin). W. Africa : river 

 Gambia (Mm*. R. B. S.) ; Casamanze {Verreaux) ; Fantee (Ussher) ; 

 Elmina, April 1872 ( Blissett) ; Princes' Island {Dohrn) ; St. Thomas 

 {Weiss) ; Cameroons {Mus. R. B. S.) ; Gaboon {Walker) ; Angola 



