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Inhabits Benguela and Western Africa. 



Size of Euplectes Jlaviceps. The above specific character I 

 have taken from Brown's lllust. pi. 25. f. 1. ; the figure is so 

 characteristic of this genus, that I have no hesitation in thus 

 designating it, although I have never yet seen the species. 

 The above descriptions, with those in the two volumes of 

 Western African birds, will include all the species I have yet 

 seen of these two genera. 



93. Tachyphonus phoenicius. 



Glossy black : shoulder covers rich orange, margined 

 with white. 



Inhabits ? In the collection of Mr. Horsfield, 



of Everton, near Liverpool, who believes it came from 

 Fernando Po, on the African coast. 



Size of T. cristatus. Bill almost ^ inch ; wings 9-^ ; tail, 

 from the base 3. Form and structure strictly typical. Bill, 

 above, black ; beneath, whitish at the base : inner wing covers, 

 and base of the quills, pure white. The fourth quill the longest, 

 third and fifth equal: tail rounded. If this is truly African, 

 it is a solitary exception to the strict geographic range of the 

 whole family of tanagers. 



94. PiPiLLO personata. 

 Above, dark cinereous; be- 

 neath, rufous : middle of the 

 body, and tip of the outer tail 

 feather, white: eyes, ears, and 

 lores included in a black fillet, 

 which is margined above and be- ''^^~^" 

 low by a stripe of white. 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. {fig, 58.) 

 Total length 5\ inches ; bill, gape \ ; wings 2-^ ; tail, be- 

 yond, 2; base 2\; tarsus ■^. Form typical. Size small. Bill 

 black : legs pale : under tail covers pale buff: the upper white 

 stripe begins at the nostrils, and ends at the nape, where it is 

 tinged with buff. 



95. PipiLLO supcrciliosa. 

 Above, cinereous: rump and plumage beneath, rufous: 

 throat and breast pale fulvous: middle of the body, 

 ends of the lateral tail feathers, and longitudinal stripe 

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