316 ZOOLOGY. 



Family MUSOPHAGID^. 



47. Turacus leucotis (Eiipp.). 



Gorythaix leucotis, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 8, t. 3. 

 Turacus leucotis, Eiipp. Syst. XJebers. No. 326. — Ferr. et Gal. 

 JTo. 45. 



Iris brown, bill scarlet, with a green patch at the base 

 above the nostrils, legs dusky. Around the eye is a 

 ring of small coral-red papillae, a few of the uppermost 

 larger than the rest and paler in colour. 



This lovely bird abounds in the subtropical and is 

 often met with in the temperate region up to 8,000 feet : 

 I never saw it below 4,000 feet. It was common in the 

 passes from Undul Wells nearly to Senaf^. It also 

 abounded in the Anseba valley. It keeps much to high 

 trees, but can climb well and quickly amongst rocks. 

 It is very often seen on junipers — indeed I scarcely ever 

 saw it in the temperate region away from them ; and in 

 March I found it and most other fruit-eating birds, such 

 as Amydrus and Pycnonotus, feeding upon the berries. 



48. Chizaerhis zonura (Eiipp.). 



Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 9, t. 4 ; Syst. Uebers. No. 327. 



Iris olive brown, beak greenish yellow. 



This dull-coloured Plantain-eater is very rare in all 

 parts of the Abyssinian highlands traversed by the 

 army. I only once saw it there : this was in the thickly 

 wooded valley of Meshek, south of Antalo. I was sur- 

 prised at hearing a peculiar harsh cry quite unknown 

 to me, and on looking up saw the bird on a branch 

 just above my head. 



