. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 72 TIMELnB-'E. ToKucj. Reproducing the colours of the adult, but much paler, being light ashy below, mottled with dusky edgings to the feathers, which have subtcrminal fulvcscent shades. Wing 3-45 inches, tail 3-2. Hcib. West Africa from Gaboon to Benguela. a, b. c? ad. iuv. sk. Landana, Congo {Ltican M. A. Bouvier. S,-Petit). 20. ERYTHROPYGIA^ Type. ErythropTgia, Smith, Report S. Aft: Exped., App. p. 47 (183G) E- Foot of Erythropygia leucophrys. Range. Confined to Africa. Key to the Species. a. Tail-feathers blackish, tipped with wh


. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 72 TIMELnB-'E. ToKucj. Reproducing the colours of the adult, but much paler, being light ashy below, mottled with dusky edgings to the feathers, which have subtcrminal fulvcscent shades. Wing 3-45 inches, tail 3-2. Hcib. West Africa from Gaboon to Benguela. a, b. c? ad. iuv. sk. Landana, Congo {Ltican M. A. Bouvier. S,-Petit). 20. ERYTHROPYGIA^ Type. ErythropTgia, Smith, Report S. Aft: Exped., App. p. 47 (183G) E- Foot of Erythropygia leucophrys. Range. Confined to Africa. Key to the Species. a. Tail-feathers blackish, tipped with white. a'. Rump brown or rufous ; wing-coverts unifurm ; under surface ashy brown. a". Superciliary streak white; the white tips to the tail-feathers broad ; throat white .... coryphceus, p. 73. b". No superciliary streak; the white ends to the tail-feathers very narrow and linear; throat ashy simplex, p. 74. b'. Rump chestnut; wing-coverts tipped with white, forming a double wing-bar. f". Flanks streaked with blackish like the fore neck and breast leucophrys, p. 74. d". Flanks imiform, the black streaks confined to lower throat and fore neck munda, p. 76. b. Tail-feathers rufous, tipped with white, with a broad subterminal bar of blackish brown. c'. Wing-coverts edged with sandy rufous, but not having white wing-bars; no blackish stripes on the breast paena, p. 76. * I have lately seen the type specimen o^ Aedoti paammochroa, Reiclien. Om. Centralbl. 1879, p. , et J. f. O. 1879, p. ; and convinced myself that it is not an Erythropygia, but an allied form of the Aedon galactodes group, apparently A. famUiaris (cf. Sharps, J. f. O. 1882, p. 345).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London


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