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WHITE-BELLIED MALKOHA. 

 (Phsenicophaeus leucogaster. ) 



P. viridi-niger ; ventre rectricibusque margine albis ; gula jugu- 

 loque opaco-viridibus ; capite circa oculos aurantio. 



Malkoha of a greenish black colour ; with the belly and tail- 

 feathers margined with white ; throat and jugulum dull green ; 

 head round the eyes orange. 



Le Malkoha. Le Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. 5. go.pl. 224. 



Malkoha leucogaster inhabits Africa ; its length 

 is about nine inches ; the upper parts are greenish 

 black, but the green becomes gradually more bril- 

 liant on the back, and spreads over the coverts of 

 the wings and tail : the wing quills are black, bor- 

 dered with black green, and are sometimes whitish 

 in their interior edges : the feathers of the neck 

 and throat are of an uniform dull green colour ; 

 the under part of the tail, with the feathers of the 

 tibiae, are dirty white ; and the nake4 space sur- 

 rounding the eyes is orange-coloured. 



Magnificent specimens of this bird are said to 

 be preserved in the collections in Paris and Am- 

 sterdam. 



