186 LONG-TAILED AFRICAN TODY. 
stripe, in which the eyes are placed, commences at 
the lores and ends with the ears ; this is margined 
above by a slender white line, which crosses the 
front, passes over the eyes, and terminates with the 
ears. The wings are dull black, marked in the 
middle by a longitudinal stripe of white, which tips 
in its course some of all the different ranges of fea- 
thers. The tail is deep black ; the three outside 
lateral feathers are more or less white at the ends, 
the outermost being entirely so ; while the rest, to- 
wards the middle, are entirely black, and nearly 
even : the under plumage is cinereous, hut the chin 
and middle of the body are rose colour, and the belly 
and vent are white. Bill and legs black ; the outer 
toe is slightly connected to the middle ; the inner 
one nearly free. 
Total length, 4 7 j inches ; bill, gape, i ; front, a 7 0 ; 
wings, If ; tail, base, 2 ; tarsus, j\. 
