. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. i O DIC^IB^. Hah. Forests in the interior of the Gold Coast, West Africa. a,i. c? ? ad. sk. Kaizaraku, Denkera, April R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 1871 {Governor Ussher). (Types of species). c. cj (head) J d. Kaizaraku (Ussher). R. JB. Sharpe, Esq. 15. LOBORNIS. rpypg Lobomis, Sharpe, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat, Hist. (4) xiv. p. 63 (1874) L. alexandri. Range. West Africa. 1. Lohornis alexandri. (Plate II. fig. 2.) Lobornis alexaiidii, Shmye, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xiv. p. 63 (1874). Adult ? General colour of upper surface umber-bro-wn, the feathers of t
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. i O DIC^IB^. Hah. Forests in the interior of the Gold Coast, West Africa. a,i. c? ? ad. sk. Kaizaraku, Denkera, April R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 1871 {Governor Ussher). (Types of species). c. cj (head) J d. Kaizaraku (Ussher). R. JB. Sharpe, Esq. 15. LOBORNIS. rpypg Lobomis, Sharpe, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat, Hist. (4) xiv. p. 63 (1874) L. alexandri. Range. West Africa. 1. Lohornis alexandri. (Plate II. fig. 2.) Lobornis alexaiidii, Shmye, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xiv. p. 63 (1874). Adult ? General colour of upper surface umber-bro-wn, the feathers of the head slightly scale-like iu character; upper tail-coverts rather more rufous-brown, "with yvhich colour the â wing-coverts and quills are margined ; tail dull brown ; entire under surface light brown, the thi'oat and fore neck strongly tinged with rufous, as also the flanks; the breast and under tail-coverts very slightly varied with wavy cross bars of dark brown ; under wing-coverts light brown, slightly varied with obscure cross bars of darker brown; bill horn-brown, yellowish at base, with three white lobes at gape in life * ; feet very pale brown. Total length 3'8 inches, culmen 0'3, wing 1"65, tail 1"1, tarsus 0"6. Eab. Old Calabar, West Africa. a. Ad. sk. Old Calabar. Dr. Alexander Smith [P.]. (Type of species.) 16. UROCHARIS. ^^^g Urocharis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 69 (1880) U. Second primary of Urocharis longicauda. Range. New Guinea. * The type specimen was presented to the Museum in spirit. In order to ascertain the coloration of the plimiage, I had the specimen prepared as a skin, and I have regretted doing so ever since, as the wattles at the gape, which were quite distinct before, shrivelled up, and can now scarcely be distinguished. In the accompanying figure they are reproduced from my recollection of their Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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