MUSOPHAGID^ GALLIREX 217 



Within our limits this bird has hitherto been found only in 

 the Ubombo district of Zululand by the Woodwards, and on the 

 Hanyani river in Mashonaland by Darling. 



Genus II. GALLIREX. 



Type. 

 Gallirex, Less. Echo du Monde Savant, col. 



100 (1844) G. porphyreolophus. 



Head crested, but the feathers do not cover the upper mandible, 

 so that the nostrils are exposed ; these are oval and placed about 

 half way between the tip of the bill and the forehead. Wings, tail 

 and coloration of plumage as in Turacus. 



Only two closely allied species from south and east Africa are 

 recognised." 



Key of the Species. 



A. A shade of pink over the green mantle 



and chest G. porphyreolopJius, p. 217. 



B. No shade of pinlt over the mantle and 



chest O. chlorochlamys, p. 219. 



481. Gallirex porphyreolophus. Purple-crested Laurie. 



Corythaix porphyreolophus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 93 ; A. Smith, 



III. Zool. a. Afr. Aves, pi. 35 (1889) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1862, p. 32 [NatalJ ; 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 227 (1867) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 



p. 142 (1875) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 82 [near Durban] ; Selous, 



Hunter's Wanderings, 2nd ed. p. 415 (1890) [Mashonaland]. 

 Corythaix burchelli, A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. .lourn. no. 5, p. 13 (1831). 

 Gallirex porphyreolophus, Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 446 (1891) ; id, 



B. Afr. i, p. 120 (1896) ; Sowerby, Ibis, 1898, p. 572 [Mashonaland] ; 



Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 122 (1899) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, 



p. 254. 



Description. Adult. — Forehead and sides of the head and face 

 metallic-green ; crown, nape and crest metallic-purple ; upper part 

 of the back, shoulders, sides of the neck, throat and breast grass 

 green, the back and centre of the breast with a strong pinky shade ; 

 the rest of the back, wings and tail, lilac-blue with green metallic 

 reflexions in certain lights ; wing-quills crimson with the edges and 

 tips dusky black; under wing-coverts, sides of the body, and 

 abdomen, slaty. 



* A third (G. johnstoni) has recently been described from Mt. Euwenzori, 



