MELACONOTUS SIMILIS.— Smith. 



AvEs. — Plate XLVI. — Female. 



JM. capite suprh, cervicc, regioneque iuterscapulari cceruleo-griseis ; dorso, alarumque tectricibus minoribus 

 flavo-\nriflibus, iiltiinaruin quibusdam etiamque reniigiuni tectricibus pallide flavo-tenninatis duas 

 lineas obliquas formantibus ; cauda flavo-virescenti, qiiatuor pennis externis pallide flavo-terminatis ; 

 infra lucide flavus, pectore aurantio-tincto. Rostro nigio ; pedibus livido-griseis. Oculis brunneo- 

 aurantiis. 



LoNGiTUDO ab apice rostri ad basin caudae 3 unc. 4J lin ; caiidte, 3 unc. 10' lin. 



Melaconotus similis, Smith. — Rep. of Exped. App. page 4-1., June, 1836. 



Mel ACONOTUS CUR YsoG ASTER, Swains ? — Birds of AVestern Africa, Plate XXV. 1837. 



Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head and neck, together with 

 the interscapulars intermediate between pearl and blueish grey, the upper 

 surface of the head with a slight tint of green ; back, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts and lesser quill-coverts, intermediate between siskin and oil-green, a 

 few of the last-named feathers and some of the tail-coverts tipped with 

 straw-yellow. The front and the feathers immediately before the eyes pale yel- 

 low; eyebrows white. Primary and secondary quill coverts and the tail- 

 feathers clear oil-green, the three outermost of the latter, on each side, broadly 

 tipped with straw-yellow, and the next to them, narrowly, with the same 

 colour ; the primary and secondary quill-coverts straw-yellow at the tips, 

 forming a second oblique band of that colour on each wing. The three outer- 

 most quill-feathers brown edged externally with greenish yellow, the re- 

 mainder of the primaries and the secondaries have the inner vanes brown, 

 and the outer vanes oil-green. Several of the tertiaries are tipped with straw- 

 yellow, the other parts being green with a brown tinge. The inner vane of 

 each quill-feather is edged with straw-yellow, which is of considerable breadth 

 towards their base ; inside of shoulder the same yellow. The chin, throat, 

 and under parts light king's-yellow ; the breast with a tinge of orange. The 

 tail-feathers are all edged externally with straw-yellow, under-surface of tail 

 light greenish yellow. Bill black ; feet livid greenish grey ; eyes orpiment- 

 orange. 



FoRJi, &c. — Figure moderately robust. Tail long and rounded at the tip, 



