MELACONOTUS SIMILIS.— Smith. 
Aves.— Plate XLVL— Female. 
M. capite supra, cervice, regioneque interscapulari cceruleo-griseis j dorso, alarunique tectricibus imnonbus 
flavo-viridibus, ultimarum quibusdatn etiamque remigium tectricibus pallid^ flayo-terminatis duas 
lineas obliquas formantibus ; cauda flavo-virescenti, quatuor pennis extends pallide flavo-termmatis ; 
infra lucide flavus, pectore aurantio-tincto. Rostro nigro ; pedibus livido-griseis. Oculis brunneo- 
aurantiis. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad basin caud® 3 unc. 44 bn; caud®, 3 unc. !0J bn. 
Mblaconotus similis, Smith. — Rep. of Exped. App. page 44., June, 1836. 
Melaconotus chbysogaster, Swains?— Birds of Western Africa, Plate XXY. 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 kings-yellow ; the breast w.th a tmge of orange. The 
tail-feathers are all edged externally with straw-yellow, under-surface of tad 
light greenish yellow. Bill black ; feet livid greenish grey ; eyes orp.ment- 
01 Fo S rm, &c. Figure moderately robust. Tail long and rounded at the tip, 
