. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 352 TIMELIID.^. 1. Hypergerus atriceps. Moho atriceps, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 04G (1831). Crateropus orioloides, Stcains. B. XT'. Afr. i. p. 280, pi. 31 (1837) ; Ilartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 300. Crateropus atriceps, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 22-1 (1846) ; Bp. C'onsp. i. p. 278 (1850); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 281, no. 414G (1869). Ilypergerus atriceps, Meichenh. Syst. Nat. pi. liv. fig. 9 (1850); 'Marti. Orii. TJ'estafr. p. 80 (1854) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 24 (1807) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 69. HypocLloreus atriceps, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 85, note (1850
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 352 TIMELIID.^. 1. Hypergerus atriceps. Moho atriceps, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 04G (1831). Crateropus orioloides, Stcains. B. XT'. Afr. i. p. 280, pi. 31 (1837) ; Ilartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 300. Crateropus atriceps, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 22-1 (1846) ; Bp. C'onsp. i. p. 278 (1850); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 281, no. 414G (1869). Ilypergerus atriceps, Meichenh. Syst. Nat. pi. liv. fig. 9 (1850); 'Marti. Orii. TJ'estafr. p. 80 (1854) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 24 (1807) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 69. HypocLloreus atriceps, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 85, note (1850). Adult. General colour above olive-yellowish; tail of the same colour as the back but a little more olivo-browu along the inner webs ; wing-coverts like the back, the quills dark brown, externally olive-yellowish, the inner secondaries entirely of this colour; crown of head and nape black, with hoary grey margins to the feathers, imparting a scaly appearance, which extends onto the sides of the liead behind the car-coverts; lores black; ear-coverts hoarj^ grey with black centres ; checks and entire throat black, with a few hoary grey edges to the feathers of the former and some of the lower throat-feathers; remainder of under surface deep yellow, inclining to deep fawn-colour on the under taU-coverts ; thighs duller yellow; sides of body and flanks olive-yeUowish ; under wing-coverts and axillaries deep yellow, as also the edge of the wing; some of the lower coverts with a tinge of fawn-colour; quiUs light brown below, whity brown along the edge of the inner web, which has also a yellowish tinge. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 3-2, tail 3-6, tarsus 1-1. Uah. West Afi-ica from Senegambia to the Gold Coast. a. Ad. sk. River Gambia. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. b. Ad. sk. Accra (Capt. Haynes). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 10. BABAX. Babax, David, Journ. 3me Chine, i. p. 181 (1876) B. lanceolatu'?.. Head of Babax Janeeohtus. Ranrje. China, 1. Babax lanceolatus. Pterorhinus lanceol
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