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tipped with white, forming a double alar hand ; primary coverts 

 blackish brown, not spotted ; quills rather paler brown, white at the 

 base of the inner web ; the outer web of the primaries golden browu, 

 of the secondaries olive-brown; tail dark brown, slightly inclining 

 to reddish and tinged with golden brown ; under surface of the body 

 rich orange ; the chin blackish ; centre of the breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts pure white ; under wing-coverts white, the bases 

 of the wings blackish ; hill black ; feet pale yellowish. Total length 

 8*5 inches, culmen - 9, wing 3, tail 2 - 9, tarsus 1'2. 



This new species is very closely allied to Tardus gurneyi, Hartl. 

 (Ibis, 1864, pi. ix.), from Natal, but is at once distinguished by its 

 black cheeks, lores, and chin, as well as by its orange collar round the 

 neck. 



23. Criniger calurus. 



Criniger calurus, Cass. ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 21. 



" Cameroons Mountains, January 19th, 1871." 



"Cameroons Mountains, February 7th, 1871. Eye-ring reddish 

 brown ; eyeball black." 



Both the above specimens agree with typical Gaboon examples in my 

 collection. In Fantee and to the north this species is replaced by 

 C. verreauxi, which is the name I proposed in my catalogue for the 

 C. gularis (Sw. nee Horsf.) = C. tephrogenys, Jard. apud Finsch, 

 J. f. O. 1867, p. 26, et Sharpe, Ibis, p. 472 {nee Jard. & Selby, 

 Contr. to Orn. pi. 127). Shortly after writing my last paper on 

 the Ornithology of Fantee (/. c.) 1 sent a specimen of the African 

 Criniger gularis to Sir William Jardine, asking him to compare it 

 with the type of his C. tephrogenys, and to see if the two birds 

 were identical. In due time I received a letter from him, assuring 

 me that they were perfectly distinct (as, indeed, any one would have 

 imagined from the descriptions) and detailing the differences. I 

 therefore proposed the name of C. verreauxii for the African bird. 



24. Criniger tricolor. 



Criniger tricolor (Cass.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 21. 



"Cameroons Mountains, January 1st, 1871." 

 Agrees exactly with specimens from Gaboon. 



25. Criniger chloronotus. 



Criniger chloronotus, Cass. ; Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 1867, p. 24. 

 "Cameroons Mountains, February 25th, 1871." 

 Two specimens, agreeing exactly with a typical specimen in my 

 collection from Gaboon obtained by Du Chaillu. 



26. Criniger nivosus. 



Criniger nivosus, Temm. ; Sharpe, Cat. Air. B. p. 22. 

 "Cameroons Mountains, February 1st and 9th. Eye-ring brown ; 

 eyeball black." 



The two specimens sent by Mr. Crossley agree best with Fantee 



