. The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region . chloris. (PL 55, fig. i.) Lanius chloris, Valenc. Diet. Sci. Nat. xl. p. 226 (1826) Gahnn. Nicator chloris, Gadow, Cat. viii. p. 166 (1883); Shelley, B. No. 781 (1896); Eeichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 554 (1903); Sharpe,Handl. B. iv. p. 299 (1903); Kemp, Ibis, 1905, p. 234 SierraLeone; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 552 Toro; , Ibis, 1908,p. 292 Ponthierville ; Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 339 (1910) Bmvenzori;Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 334 Camaroon; Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 34;Neave, Ibis, 1910, p. 228 Katang
. The birds of Africa, comprising all the species which occur in the Ethiopian region . chloris. (PL 55, fig. i.) Lanius chloris, Valenc. Diet. Sci. Nat. xl. p. 226 (1826) Gahnn. Nicator chloris, Gadow, Cat. viii. p. 166 (1883); Shelley, B. No. 781 (1896); Eeichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 554 (1903); Sharpe,Handl. B. iv. p. 299 (1903); Kemp, Ibis, 1905, p. 234 SierraLeone; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 552 Toro; , Ibis, 1908,p. 292 Ponthierville ; Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 339 (1910) Bmvenzori;Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 334 Camaroon; Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 34;Neave, Ibis, 1910, p. 228 Katanga; Eeichenow, Mittl. Zool. , v. p. 82 (1910) Rio Benito. Malaconotus peli, Bonaparte, Consp. Av. p. 360 (1850) Ashantee. Laniarius lepidus, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1855, p. 327 Liberia. Nicator chloris laemocylus, Eeichenow, J. f. O. 1909, p. 108 Be7iiForest; id. Deutsch. Zentr. Afr. Exp. iii. p. 311. Adult male. Upper parts dark olive green, paler on the rump, uppertail-coverts and edges of the wing- and tail feathers, median and greater Jp. <i o (-1 % OCO p I—I W. 0 •oo o o w uo ,—I o Pi o NICATOR CHLORIS 437 wing-coverts and inner secondaries with bold pale yellow terminal spots;the tail with less distinctly defined yellow ends to all but the four centrefeathers; sides of head olive yellow, with a bright yellow ring round theeye, and a clear white mark in front of the eye, edged above with black ;a bright yellow spot at the base of the lower mandible, sometimes almostmeeting its fellow on the other side; cheeks and under parts ashy white,with the flanks and thighs greenish yellow, the under tail-coverts, under-wing-coverts, and inner margins of the quills bright sulphur yellow. Irisbrown ochre; bill greenish black; feet greenish blue grey. Total length9-75 inches, culmen 08, wing 40, tail 42, tarsus 1-10. Gunnal, <? , 16. 7. 09(Ansorge). Adult female. Is much smaller, but otherwise like the male. Wing 3-4,tail 39, tarsus 0-95. Gunnal (Ansorge). The Wl
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