6 PICARL 
Geographical Distribution. The two species are confined in North-East and East 
Africa, extending South to Natal and the Cape Colony. 
KEY OF THE SPECIES 
Crest and nape glossy violet-blue; upper neck metallic green : 
1. With a strong shade of pink in front of the mantle and chest. . . . . . . . GG. PORPHYREOLOPHUS. 
2. Wath noshadeofpmk <a 2 6 a 8 te ep ee a ede eee Ore CHIP OR OCHIGANIY.CS 
1. Gallirex porphyreolophus (Vigors). South Africa, from the 
Corythaix porphyreolopha Vigors, Proc. Zool Soc, Lond. 1831, p. 93; Schlegel & Wester- Zambesi through Na- 
man, De Toerako's, p. 12, pl. 3. tal to the Cape Colony. 
Corythaix burchellii Smith, S. Afr. Qu. Journ., p. 13 (183r). 
Gallivex anais Lesson, Echo du Monde sav., p. 110 (1844). 
Gallivex porphyreolophus Lesson, Descr. Mamm. et Ois, p. 352 (1847). 
2. Gallirex chlorochlamys Shelley (Plate 1, Fig. 6). The whole of Eastern 
Corythatx porphyreolophus, Auct. plur. (non Vigors). Africa, fromthe North 
Gallirex chlorochlamys Shelley, The Ibis, 1881, p. 118. of the Zambesi to 
Gallivex porphyreolophus var. chlorochlamys Dubois, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. (4), t. 1, Abyssinia. 
p- 35 (1905). 
3. GENUS RUWENZORORNIS NEUMANN 
Ruwenzorornis Neumann, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. 14 (1903) (type R. johustont). 
Characters. Bill high, with the culmen rounded, starting from above the eyes, very 
much compressed and showing a distinct ridge, fare more pronounced than in any genus of 
Musophagide; nostrils not rounded as in Gallirex, but longitudinal as in Wusophaga. 
Geographical Distribution. Equatorial Africa. 
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KEY OF THE SPECIES 
Ln BACKION Uppenriecr CYUMSON =") se ss se see a eo) ee ee OLINSTONT: 
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni (Sharpe) (Plate 1, Fig. 7). Equatorial Africa : Mt. 
Galli. ex johnstont Sharpe, Bull. Brit.Orn.Club, Vol.11, p.57 (1901); The Ibis, 1902, p.112, pl.5. Ruwenzori. 
Ruwenzorornts tohnstont Neumann, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. 14, p. 15 (1903). 
4. GENUS MUSOPHAGA ISERT 
Musophaga Isert, Journ. Phys. Paris, Vol. 34, p. 458 (1789) (type M. vtolacea). 
Synonym : Phimus, Wagler. Syst. Avium, Phimus, p. 114 (1827) (type M. violacea). 
Characters. Bill large, broad and elevated at the base, with the culmen much advanced 
on the forehead, and curved to the tip; nostrils placed near the middle of the upper mandible, 
open, longitudinal, exposed. Only two species are known. 
Geographical Distribution. West and Central Africa. 
