Fernando Po Cossypha. 
Cossyplia Poensis , Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 100, 1844. 
This unique bird formed part of my Niger Collection, and is now in the British Museum. 
The specimen -was a male, and was seen feeding on the ground. 
The upper parts of the body are sooty brown; the wings, brown ; the primaries, with the 
exception of the first and second, ferrugineous red, at the base; tail-feathers, brown, the three 
outer feathers on each side being terminated with white; the lower parts of the body, ferrugineous; 
the throat, obscure; the bill, black; legs and feet, yellowish. 
Habitat, Clarence, Fernando Po. 
Total length, seven inches and three quarters. 
On this plate is represented a cultivated Pulse (Phaseolus aconitifolius, Mut.) called by the 
Mahrattas “ Mutkee.” The plant is seldom more than ten or twelve inches high; the branches 
procumbent. Copied from one of Colonel Sykes’ Dukhun drawings. 
