I873 'J OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. gj 5 



rufous ; ear-coverts black ; throat and cheeks whitish, the latter 

 washed with ochre , fore neck and chest dull lilac, shadi, K into deen 

 ochre the j b and flanks ; centre of the abdomen wS 



^br^^SSf "° rbitalsk -^-^ ; tarsi black! 



Total length 16 inches, cultnen 0-9, wing 6-5, tail 9-5, tarsus 2-1. 



M. Grandidier says that the female differs from the male bv the 

 absence of bright rufous on the head, which is only a little more 

 pronounced than the rest of the plumage {vide next species 



tiab. South-western Madagascar. 



7. Sericosomus olivaceiceps, sp n 

 wldch ^U^wtn^^acf tiDSUiShed ^ US 0liVe " br0Wn head « 



ssf tt ul^:: c T lmea l ' h wins 6>5 ' taii 97 * tarsus 2 - 2 - 



M. Grandidier has kindly sent me a specimen of this bird which 



dX^c'e hi e? 6 ^- hen ° f *■ "?«£ N ° ° ther example of a 

 crcumsLc, T \ * T™ •" known ; and in addition to that 



crcums tance I have sexed specimens of O. ruficem now before me 

 collected by Van Dam, showing that the sexes are alike. 



8. Sericosomus serrianus. 



Cwyerriana Pucher. Mag. de Zool. 1845, Ois. p. 3, pi. 55 • 



Harfl P en ' V".' P - 45 1 (1846); B P" Cons P- *■ P- 109(1850),: 



Sz n 390 P dag - fi' '!, ( i 861) = Grand - Rev - *W de Z°°l 

 180/, p. 390 ; Gray, Handl. B. n. p. 208 (1870). 



Coua serresiana, Bp. Consp. Vol. Zvg. p. 5 (1854) 

 note 0802)"* SerrimUS ' Cab - & Heilie > Mus - Hein. Th. iv. p. 74, 



Cua serriana, Schl. Mus. P. B. Cueuli, p. 46 (1864). 

 brntf t'l.f" b0Ve ° 1 , ive - brown > the cr °wn and hind neck dark rufous- 

 oST-'nST l° Wer ' rUmp ' and Upper tail - COT ^ts inclining to 



ieatl on 5 7 r^" 00 ™ 18 br ° Wnish ' like the u PP er back the 

 greater ones and the inner secondaries olive-green, the primaries 

 purplish black, the outer secondaries externady o ive-gre^ tail 

 en tirey purplish black ; eyebrow, sides of facefand throat black 

 with an indistinct circlet of olivaceous brown on the lower throat 

 entire breast lively chestnut ; rest of under surface dull onvegreen,' 

 becoming blackish on the under tail-coverts ; under win-coVer£ 

 dull dive-green ; "orbital skin very clear blue above the ey°e, ultra 

 marine below , tarsi iron-grey ; iris red " (Grandidier). J 



havfo^S* t0 f 1 ' G r nd ! die [' the y° u "g differ * *» the adult in 

 he ruins ofHT'M' 1 ^ bo ^ered with rufous maroon, and in 

 the rufous of the abdomen extending to the under tail-coverts. 



nab. North-western Madagascar 



Described from a specimen in the Leiden Museum. 



9. Sericosomus reynaudi. 



Coua reynaudi, Pncher. Mag. de Zool. 1845, p. 5, pi. 5fij Bp. 



