466 
Mr. D. G. Elliot on the Genus Malimbus. 
coming nearly white on the lower parts. It was described by 
Lafresnaye in the f Revue de Zoologie 9 for 1839, and a figure 
given in the f Magasin de Zoologie 3 of the same year. The 
type is now in the collection of the Natural-History Society 
of Boston, United States. Lafresnaye's specimen came from 
Senegal; but it has also been procured on the Gambia 
and at Casamanze. 
Upper part greyish, beneath ashy white, abdomen the 
same. Under tail-coverts whitish. Head, throat, and breast 
red. Ear-coverts, chin, and loral space black. Bill red. 
Eeet flesh-colour. Wings greyish brown, outer webs bor¬ 
dered with red. Tail pale brown, edges of outer webs bor¬ 
dered with red. Total length 5J inches, wing 3|, tail 2 
bill on culmen 
Malimbus rubriceps. Plate XIII. f. 2. 
Hyphantornis rubriceps , Sundev. Ofvers. Kongl. Vetensk. 
Akad. Forh. 1850, p. 97. 
Hab. River Limpopo [Wahlberg ). 
A typical specimen of this very good species in the collec¬ 
tion of Mr. Sharpe, received by him from Prof. Sundevall, 
and collected on the river Limpopo by Wahlberg, fully 
exhibits the perfect distinctness of this bird from M. me - 
lanotis. The chief differences that are at once perceptible 
are the absence of the black cheek-mark, the edges of the 
outer webs of the primaries and rectrices being yellow in¬ 
stead of red, and the head and breast being scarlet instead of 
vermilion. The figure on the accompanying plate well re¬ 
presents the bird. 
The male has the entire head, neck, throat, and breast 
bright scarlet. Back and wings ashy brown, outer edges of 
secondaries and primaries bright yellow. Centre of the 
mantle washed with pale vermilion. Rump pale ash. Tail 
ashy brown, edges of outer webs bright yellow. Entire 
underparts pure white. Bill pale horn-colour. Total length 
51 inches, wing 3J, tail 2\, bill on culmen J. 
