







Mr. D. G. Elliot on the Genus Malimbus. 461 
demy of Natural Sciences, from two pairs which were brought 
from Sierra Leone by Mr. R. MacDowell. It has since been 
procured at various points along the West-African coast , to the 
south of the locality whence Cassin’s specimens came, and in 
most of the districts appears to be rather a rare species. 
Male. 'Top of head, neck, broad pectoral band, and under 
tail-coverts crimson. Throat and rest of plumage black. 
Female. Pectoral band and under tail-coverts crimson, all 
the rest of plumage black: 
Total length 52 inches, wing 38, tail 23. 
Mauimsvs cassiniI. Plate XIII. f. 1. 
Sycobius cassini, Elliot, Ibis, 1859, p. 892; Cassin, Journ. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1862, p. 186. 
Hab. Gaboon (Verreauz). 
I described this species in ‘The Ibis’ for the year 1859 
from a single specimen received from the Gaboon by the 
Maison Verreaux, at that time the greatest commercial house 
for natural-history specimens in Europe. It is most nearly 
allied to M. scutatus, Cassin, but can always be distinguished 
by the crissum being black like the general plumage. It 
appears to be very rare, as I have seen but few specimens 
in Europe (Cassin states that there is a specimen in the 
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences) ; and the female 
is unknown. The type is in the British Museum. As it 
is one of the species of this genus which has not been 
figured, an excellent representation of it is given on the ac- 
companying plate. 
Male. Jet black. Upper part and sides of head, nape of 
neck, throat, and breast rich crimson. Bill black; feet and 
legs brown. ‘Total length 5} inches, wing 33, tail 23, bill ‘8, 
tarsus ‘8. 
MAaLIMBUS RUBRICOLLIS. 
Républicain & capuchon écarlate, Temm. Cat. Cabin. Ornith. 
(1807) p. 234. 
Textor malimbus, Temm. ? 
Ploceus rubricollis, Swain. Menag. p. 306 (1838). 
Malimbus cristatus, Vieill. Ois. Chant. pl. 43, 2. 

