102 RUFOUS- VENT J2P KINGHUNTER. 
From the very short description by Sonnini of the 
bird in question, it would seem that it differs from 
ours in having the “ under parts of the body yel- 
lowish red, just as far as the throat, which is shaded 
with blue, this tint, although somewhat darker, covers 
the head of the back and neck.” Now, the under 
parts of our species, as far as the middle of the body, 
is pure white, while the crown of the head is of a 
brown drab, with a paler nuchal collar, as light as the 
ears and sides of the neck. We suspect, however, 
that Sonnini has drawn up his description from the 
figure he quotes, without having ever seen the 
bird. 
Size of the Senegal kingliunter. The general co- 
lours of the upper part of the body and limbs are two, 
deep velvet -black and bright cerulean blue. The 
black covers the scapulars, wing-covers, tertial quills, 
and the interscapulars ; immediately behind which 
the blue of the back, rump, and tail commences ; 
the outer webs of the lesser quills and the basal part 
of the greater are of the same blue as the back, the 
tips of all the quills more or less black; spurious 
wings blue green ; the margin of the wings is white. 
Both mandibles of the bill are deep crimson ; feet 
the same ; crown and sides of the head light drab 
brown, without any grey or cinereous ; paler on the 
ears and below the eyes, where it changes to white ; 
nape and upper neck the same tint as the crown, 
but much lighter throat ; neck, breast, and upper 
part of the body beneath, white ; all the rest of the 
under plumage, flanks, and under wing-covers, deep 
